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Upbeat earnings lift European shares

LONDON, July 30 (Reuters) - Europe's robust earnings season gave another lift to share prices on Thursday, with results from Siemens (BSE: SIEMENS4.BO - news) , Nokia (Swiss: 472672.SW - news) and Deutsche Bank (Xetra: 514000 - news) underpinning signs of a euro zone recovery.

Europe's FTSEurofirst 300 equity index was up 0.5 percent at 0712 GMT, with Nokia, Safran (Paris: FR0000073272 - news) and Fresenius (Swiss: FRE.SW - news) up some 4 to 8 percent after reporting results.

"The proportion of European companies beating (earnings) estimates is the highest since we started compiling the data in '09," JPMorgan (LSE: JPIU.L - news) strategists wrote in a note to clients.

(Reporting by Lionel Laurent)