UPDATE 1-European stocks slip as cyclicals retreat, EU talks in focus

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* EU meeting adjourned until 1400 GMT
* Wealth manager Julius Baer drops after drop in AUM
* Italy's UBI surges after Intesa raises bid by 18%

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By Sruthi Shankar
July 20 (Reuters) - European shares fell on Monday, dragged
down by cyclical sectors amid a surge in coronavirus cases
globally, while investors remained cautiously optimistic about
the ongoing talks over an EU-wide recovery fund.
An index of eurozone shares .STOXXE slipped 0.3%, with the
euro jumping to a four-month high. FRX/
The broader European equities index .STOXX also fell 0.3%,
while Asian markets remained subdued as coronavirus cases
increased in many countries. GLOB/MKTS
Travel & leisure .SXTP fell 1.5%, the biggest sectoral
decliner in Europe, while oil & gas companies .SXEP and
automakers .SXAP dropped more than 1% each.
EU leaders were making progress after three days of haggling
over a plan to revive economies throttled by the COVID-19
pandemic, but Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, part of the
"frugal" states that have opposed the size of grants to be given
to the worst affected countries, warned the discussions could
still fall apart. With the meeting adjourned until 1600 CET (1400 GMT), both
Rutte and Austrian Chancellor Sebestian Kurz, however, said
progress was being made at the talks.
On the table is a 1.8-trillion-euro ($2.06-trillion) package
for the EU's next long-term budget and an attached
750-billion-euro recovery fund.
"Going into this summit, a lot of people believed some sort
of a deal will be achieved at some point, so in a way a chunk of
the good news is already factored in," said David Madden,
analyst at CMC Markets in London.
"Markets are in a wait-and-see mode. Now that it's going to
be a higher percentage of loans and a smaller percentage of
grants being doled out, that is going to put more pressure on
the heavily-indebted economies."
British retailer Marks and Spencer Group Plc MKS.L dropped
2% as Sky News reported about its plans to announce hundreds of
job cuts in the coming week. Swiss wealth manager Julius Baer Gruppe AG BAER.S declined
3.2% as it reported a 6% drop in assets under management from
end-2019 in the six months through June. Italy's UBI Banca SpA UBI.MI surged 12.6% after Intesa
Sanpaolo SpA ISP.MI raised its bid for the rival by 18%.
Dutch health technology company Philips NV PHG.AS gained
3.9% as it expected to return to growth in the second half of
the year.