World stocks were mixed Tuesday ahead of major corporate earnings reports and central-bank decisions.

In early European trading, Germany's DAX slipped 0. 1% to 25,373. 71, while the CAC 40 in Paris dropped 0. 3% to 7,824. 83.

Britain's FTSE 100 fell 1% to 10,664. 58. The future for the S&P 500 lost 0. 1%, while that for the Dow Jones Industrial Average was little changed.