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April 23 (Reuters) - European shares fell on Tuesday withBelgian battery maker Umicore kicking off a busy week ofearnings with a disappointing outlook, while a rally in energystocks helped cap further losses.
The pan-European STOXX 600 index edged lower afterseven straight sessions of gains by 0737 GMT, with all majorindices in the red except oil major-heavy London's FTSE 100which moved marginally higher.
Earnings started to roll in on a not-so-positive note withbattery maker Umicore tumbling to the bottom of STOXX600 after the Belgian group warned revenue and earnings growthin 2020 will be lower than previous indications due to delays inthe electric vehicle and energy storage markets.
Car part suppliers Plastic Omnium and Faureciaalso reported first quarter results. Plastic Omniumslid 1.5 percent after warning of a decline in worldwide autoproduction, but Faurecia rose 1.5 percent after the company metits full-year target.
Belgium's Melexis, which supplies semiconductorsolutions for cars, slipped 6 percent after first quarter netincome tumbled and the company said it expects 2019 sales levelto remain below the prior year.
Besides earnings, Payments company Wirecard wasamong biggest decliners after Germany's markets regulatorBafin's two-month ban on short-selling ended on Friday.
Ahold Delhaize dipped after the supermarket operatorsaid an 11-day strike at its "Stop & Shop" chain in the UnitedStates would hurt margins. Bernstein also downgraded its sharesto "neutral".
Renault fell 1.4 percent after Nissan Motor Co Ltdsaid it would reject a management integration proposalfrom its French partner and called for an equal capitalrelationship, according to a Nikkei report.
The oil and gas sector was among the lone brightspots with Royal Dutch Shell, British Petroleumand Total, up between 1.7 percent and 2 percent.
Oil prices were at 2019 highs on Tuesday after Washingtonannounced all Iran sanction waivers would end by May, pressuringimporters, mostly Asian, to stop buying from Tehran.
Surging oil prices, however, took a toll on airline stocks.EasyJet plc slipped 2.6 percent while InternationalConsolidated Airlines and Lufthansa shednearly 1.5 percent each.(Reporting by Agamoni Ghosh and Medha Singh, Editing by WilliamMaclean)