European shares dropped in early trading after Japan falls into recession and investors awaiting Mario Draghi's comments later in the day at 14:00 GMT. Japan's GDP fell at an annualised rate of -1.5% not meeting positive forecasts of +2.1% in the third quarter after dropping 7.3% in the second quarter fuelling concerns about global economic growth. FTSE 100 index is currently trading with a loss of -0.21% at 6,640.70 points, Germany's DAX 30 is down -0.33% trading at 9,222.35 points and France's CAC 40 is trading almost flat at -0.02% currently quoted at 4,201.73 points.