Deutsche Boerse, an international financial marketplace operator, experienced a 3.6% decline in Frankfurt's DAX while Merck KGaA fell 1.6% and E.On 0.5%; the FTSE 100 was up slightly, 0.19%, and CAC-40 was closed 0.90% higher. Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, has estimated that the Euro area will experience negative annual inflation in February 2016, down from January.