UPDATE 2-European shares subdued as surging crude sharpens focus on ECB rate path

* Novartis slips as its drug fails to cut heart attack, stroke risk * Energy stocks rise as crude prices hold near six-week highs * Deutsche Bank now expects ECB to raise rates in December after

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