For a Reuters live blog on U.S., UK and European stock markets, click LIVE/ or type LIVE/ in a news window Dec 20 (Reuters) - European shares gained on Wednesday on rising bets of interest rate cuts following softer inflation data from the UK and Germany, while a rise in commodity prices lifted resource stocks. Energy .SXEP shares rose 1.1%, while basic resources .SXPP stocks gained 0.4% on higher prices of most commodities. Deutsche Post DHLn.DE lost 1.3% after U.S. peer FedExFDX.N cut its full-year revenue forecast and reported lower-than-expected quarterly profit.