Sainsbury's, Swedbank sink while trade talk progress boosts European shares
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LONDON (Reuters) - Encouraging signs from trade talks between the world's two biggest economies helped boost European shares on Wednesday while the threat of a blocked merger deal sank Sainsbury's shares.Germany's trade-sensitive DAX led the way with a 0.6 percent gain and the pan-European STOXX 600 rose 0.4 percent. U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that trade talks with China were going well and suggested he was open to pushing off the deadline to complete negotiations, saying March..