Metro shares hit by falling Russia sales, Real sale worries
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BERLIN (Reuters) - Shares in Metro fell sharply on Thursday after the German wholesale group reported another quarter of falling sales at its Russian business and an impairment charge on the Real hypermarkets chain it is selling.The stock, which had rallied on Wednesday on relief that Metro is closer to shedding the struggling Real chain, was down 7 percent at 1038 GMT.Metro said like-for-like sales fell by 4 percent in Russia in the fiscal second quarter, as steps it has taken to revive the..