European shares steady as trade tensions ease; Italy outperforms

(Reuters) - European shares stabilised on Monday as trade tensions between the United States and China eased somewhat while potential for a coalition arrangement to form a new government in Rome thrust Italian stocks higher. The pan-European STOXX 600 index ended flat, clawing back ground after a Friday sell-off ignited by yet another tit-for-tat round of tariffs between the world's two largest economies. Trading volumes were thinned out by a UK holiday . European equity markets were almost..