(Reuters) - European shares were inched lower on Monday as a glum profit outlook from lender HSBC offset gains following positive developments in the U.S.-China trade talks and Brexit.
The pan-European STOXX 600 fell 0.1% at 0807 GMT and London's FTSE 100 <.FTSE> was down 0.4%, but Germany's DAX <.GDAXI> was up 0.2%.
Asia-focused HSBC <HSBA.L> lost 3% after the lender dropped its 2020 profit target and warned it would have to undertake costly restructuring, as it struggled amid a slowing global business environment.
Shares of Louis Vuitton owner LVMH <LVMH.PA> gained 1% after a report that the company has approached U.S. jeweler Tiffany & Co <TIF.N> with a $14.5 billion acquisition offer.
Trade - exposed auto <.SXAP> and mining <.SXPP> stocks led gains among sub-sectors.
U.S. and Chinese officials are "close to finalising" some parts of a trade agreement, officials said on Friday, while the European Union was expected approve a flexible 3-month Brexit delay.
(Reporting by Lisa Mattackal and Agamoni Ghosh in Bengaluru; Editing by Arun Koyyur)
