European stocks are trading lower after yesterday's gains fuelled by good ZEW economic sentiment data. Weaker Asian Indices and mining stocks are weighing on the markets. The FTSE 100 index is currently trading lower at -0.27% at 6,690.92 points, Germany's DAX 30 is down by only -0.04% trading at 9,453.22 points and France's CAC 40 lost -0.19% currently quoted at 4,254.33 points. Markets are awaiting the release of minutes from the Bank of England scheduled for 09:30 GMT, the FED will release its minutes at 19:00 GMT.