Trade optimism, rosy earnings send European shares to four-year peak
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(Reuters) - European shares rose for the fifth straight session on Thursday and hit their highest in four years as investors cheered signs of progress in U.S.-China trade talks and largely positive earnings reports from a host of companies.Shares of Siemens hit their highest in more than a year after the German industrial company beat fourth-quarter profit expectations, while Lufthansa jumped 6.5% on plans to cut costs at some of its units to revive profit.The German airline's shares boosted..