On Frankfurt's DAX, Deutsche Boerse, an international financial marketplace operator, slid by 3.6%, Pharmaceutical company Merck KGaA fell 1.6%, and energy company E.On slid 1.5%. The FTSE 100 closed 0.02% higher, the DAX was down 0.19% and the CAC-40 finished 0.90% higher. Euro area annual inflation is expected to be -0.2% in February 2016, down from 0.3% in January, according to a flash estimate from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.