In Frankfurt, Commerzbank and Deutsche Bank led the DAX sharply lower, falling 4.8% and 3.8% respectively, while financial services firm Allianz, and natural gas and electricity provider RWE were off 2.8% and 2.4%. The FTSE lost 0.47%, the DAX fell 1.52%, and the CAC-40 dropped 0.85%. Among the main components of euro area inflation, energy is expected to have the highest annual rate - 9.5%, compared with 9.2% in August - followed by food, alcohol & tobacco, services, and non-energy industrial goods.