European shares halt 3-day fall

LONDON, Jan 7 (Reuters): European shares halted a three-day slide early on Wednesday, helped by a rise in retailers after a strong showing by British supermarket Sainsbury's and estimate-beating German sales data.

Shares in Sainsbury's rose 4.2 percent to the top of the pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index after the group reported a better than expected performance in the Christmas quarter. Peer Tesco, due to report on Thursday, was up 2.3 percent.

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