Stock indices traded lower. Market participants expect the Fed will cut its asset purchase program by another $10 billion. Market participants also speculate the Fed will start to hike its interest rate sooner than expected.
Investors remained cautious due to the continued geopolitical concerns and the Scotland's independence referendum on Thursday.
The ZEW economic sentiment index for Germany declined to 6.9 in September from 8.6 in August, beating expectations for a drop to 5.2.
Eurozone's ZEW economic sentiment index dropped to 14.2 in September from 23.7 in August, missing forecast of a decrease to 21.3.
Current figures:
Name Price Change Change %
FTSE 6,760.88 -43.33 -0.64%
DAX 9,625.83 -33.80 -0.35%
CAC 40 4,408.2 -20.43 -0.46%