European stock indices are trading close to their opening as investors are awaiting the outcome of the European Central Bank (ECB) meeting and the ECB Interest Rate Decision that is going to be published in Frankfurt at 12:45 GMT. Investors are looking forward to Mario Draghi's speech at the ECB press conference that is scheduled for 13:30 to get further indications of future steps taken by the ECB.

UK's FTSE 100 index is down -0.14% to 6,530.24 points. Germany's DAX 30 climbed +0.14% to 9,328.10 points, while France's CAC 40 gained 0.03% to 4,209.72.

Neither German Factory Orders that were worse than estimated (MoM +0.8% forecast +2.2%) nor better U.K. Industrial Production (MoM +0.6% forecast +0.5%) could substantially move the markets.