UPDATE 1-Miners, energy shares drag FTSE 100 lower FTSE 100 down 0.4%, FTSE 250 off 0.2% Copper miners hit over three-month low Compass Group raises profit and revenue forecasts; shares gain Updated at 1550 GMT By Purvi Agarwal and Roshan Abraham July 23 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 closed lower on Tuesday, pressured by commodity-linked stocks which tracked declines in prices of oil and copper, while positive earning updates from companies helped offset declines.

UPDATE 2-Europe's STOXX 600 ends marginally higher on tech boost For a Reuters live blog on U.S., UK and European stock markets, click LIVE/ or type LIVE/ in a news window STOXX 600 up 0.1% Porsche falls after cutting sales forecast SAP hits all time-high after adjusted profit beats estimates Updated at 1600 GMT By Pranav Kashyap, Shristi Achar A and Shashwat Chauhan July 23 (Reuters) - European shares e nded a touch higher on Tuesday as a rally in technology-related shares following robust earn

BRIEF-Compass Says Volume Growth In Quarter Seen Across Regions, Sectors - Conf Call July 23 (Reuters) - Compass Group PLC CPG.L : COMPASS: EXPECT PRICING TO MODERATE IN LINE WITH INFLATION IN NEXT 12 MONTHS - CONF CALL COMPASS CEO: SEEING A POSITIVE TREND ON VOLUMES - CONF CALL COMPASS CEO: VOLUME GROWTH IN QUARTER SEEN ACROSS REGIONS AND SECTORS

LIVE MARKETS-European stocks mostly lower, Germany outperforms STOXX 600 down 0.1% Tech leads, miners lag Earnings lift SAP Wall St futures lower Welcome to the home for real-time coverage of markets brought to you by Reuters reporters. You can share your thoughts with us at markets.research@thomsonreuters.com EUROPEAN STOCKS MOSTLY LOWER, GERMANY OUTPERFORMS European equity markets are mostly lower on Tuesday, with political uncertainty and a raft of earnings keeping stocks under pressure.

BUZZ-UK's Compass Group tops FTSE 100 on raised FY guidance ** Shares of British catering group Compass CPG.L rise 3% to 2,257p, top gainer on FTSE 100 .FTSE index ** Sees FY underlying operating profit to grow above 15% and organic revenue above 10% vs prior guidance of profit to rise towards 15% and revenue towards 10% ** Q3 organic rev growth ca