European stock indices are trading lower today after early session gains for the DAX and CAC 40.

UK's FTSE 100 index is down -0.17% trading at 6,624.20 points. Germany's DAX 30 lost -0.32% currently trading at 9,218.48 points and France's CAC 40 is trading at 4,187.20 points, a small loss of 0.02%.

Preliminary data on euro zone, German and French GDP, Euro zone's largest economies, was published earlier in the day. French GDP quarter on quarter beat forecasts by 0.2% with a plus of 0.3%, Germany's GDP was in lines with expectations at +0.1%. French preliminary Non-Farm Payrolls are down -0.2% with a forecast of +0.2%. Euro zone's preliminary GDP beat forecasts quarter on quarter by 0.1% being at 0.2% and by 0.2% on a yearly basis being at 0.8%.