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By Khushi Singh, Shristi Achar A and Shashwat Chauhan
(Reuters) -European shares ended lower on Wednesday, with miners and travel stocks leading the fall, as optimism about early interest rate cuts continued to fade, while investors kept tabs on a key U.S. inflation print due later this week.
The pan-European STOXX 600 ended 0.2% lower, with travel and leisure leading sectoral declines, falling 1.1%. The basic resources index dipped 1.1% as well, its third straight day of losses.
Heavyweight energy shares lost 0.9%, their fourth straight session in the red amid slipping oil prices. [O/R]
Helping limit losses, the health care index continued its recent strong run, adding 0.3%.
Meanwhile, European Central Bank (ECB) policymakers reaffirmed the…
