Frankfurt's DAX showed a drop of 1.9% from Deutsche Post, down 1.6% from the logistics company and 1.3% from Linde. Meanwhile, the FTSE 100 Index was down by 0.40%, while the Dow Jones was also down 0.4% and the CAC-40 was falling by 90%. European equity benchmarks were in the red in early afternoon, Continental Europe time, as financial services providers were struggling with negative figures for the Euro area annual inflation.