World share markets rally on revived trade hopes; gold slips

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Gold fell for a fourth straight session and global equity markets rallied on Monday, with the Nasdaq and S&P 500 hitting new highs on revived hopes the United States and China could soon sign an interim deal to end their prolonged trade war.A spate of merger & acquisition activity buoyed investor sentiment, while trade-sensitive miners in Europe and semiconductors on Wall Street rose on reports suggesting the world's two largest economies were close to an initial trade..