Euro zone rescue optimism boosts FTSE

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's top shares were sharply higher across the board on Tuesday, tracking strong gains on Wall Street and in Asia, as investors became increasingly hopeful that European leaders will take purposeful action to alleviate the region's debt crisis.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://mf.feeds.reuters.com/c/871/f/415342/s/18e09774/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Euro+zone+rescue+optimism+boosts+FTSE&link=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2011%2F09%2F27%2Fuk-markets-britain-stocks-idUKTRE78Q0KP20110927%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Euro+zone+rescue+optimism+boosts+FTSE&link=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2011%2F09%2F27%2Fuk-markets-britain-stocks-idUKTRE78Q0KP20110927%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/114252134901/u/0/f/415342/c/871/s/18e09774/kg/221-253-264-268/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/114252134901/u/0/f/415342/c/871/s/18e09774/kg/221-253-264-268/a2.img" border="0"/></a> [More]

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