Cairo-Mubasher: European shares opened Wednesday in the negative territory ahead of the Federal Reserve's interest rate decision.
At 8:30GMT, FTSEurofirst 300 index fell 0.1% and EURO STOXX 50 shed 0.2%.
U.K.'s FTSE kept flat, while France's CAC fell 0.14%. Meanwhile, German's DAX dropped 0.28%.