Europe close: Stocks slip on geopolitical, trade tensions

Stocks on the Continent finished Monday's session in the red, weighed down by concerns that the trade spat between China and the US might be set to escalate and political tensions in Berlin that saw governing coalition partner CSU throw down the gauntlet to Chancellor Angela Merkel on immigration. On Friday evening, Beijing responded in kind to the Trump administration's decision to levy tariffs on $50bn-worth of goods and now markets were waiting on the response from Washington. A second round ...

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