UK shares tumble as Trump tariff tweet triggers trade fears
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(Reuters) - UK shares handed back gains to close lower on Monday as a combination of U.S. President Donald Trump setting off global trade worries and disappointing data from the world's biggest economy doused the morning's cheer. The FTSE 100 ended down 0.8% on its third session in the red, after rising by the same level earlier in the day, while the mid-cap FTSE 250 dipped 0.5%.Still, UK stocks managed to outperform their European peers owing to gains in oil companies on hints that OPEC and..