['DATE | six_years', 'DATE | the_final_quarter_of_2018', 'LOC | Europe', 'LOC | Germany', 'LOC | U.K.', 'ORDINAL | first', 'stockChange | modest_gain']
Overshadowing a modest gain for the U.K. was grimmer news from continental Europe, where Germany almost entered its first recession in six years in the final quarter of 2018.