European stocks (.STOXX) fell 0.2%, stepping back from a 2% gain in July, its second month of gains.
UK stocks (.FTSE) edged up 0.1%, however, with HSBC (HSBA.L) climbing 2.6% after announcing a $2 billion share buyback and raising its key profitability target.
Oil prices traded near a three-month high hit on Monday amid signs of tightening global supply.
Also buoying prices were producers cutting output and demand in the United States, the world's biggest fuel consumer, remaining resilient.
The U.S. dollar index - which measures the currency against six major peers - rose as high as 102.07 for the first time since July 10.
Persons:
Sandrine Perret, Hong, HSI, Alec Jin, Tom Wilson, Kevin Buckland, Ankur Banerjee, Lincoln, Bernadette Baum
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HSBC, LONDON, . Federal, Fed, Brent, Energy, BP, Bank of, Japan's Nikkei, Reserve Bank of Australia, U.S, Thomson
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TOKYO, Unigestion, United States, London, Asia, Tokyo