Financials lift FTSE higher after turbulent trade

LONDON (Reuters) - After a tumultuous session, strong financials hauled top shares into positive territory on Monday as investors, spurred by hopes for decisive action to deal with the euro zone debt crisis, sought out bargains in the beaten-down sector.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://mf.feeds.reuters.com/c/871/f/415342/s/18da6145/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=Financials+lift+FTSE+higher+after+turbulent+trade&link=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2011%2F09%2F26%2Fuk-markets-britain-stocks-idUKTRE78P0KH20110926%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=Financials+lift+FTSE+higher+after+turbulent+trade&link=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2011%2F09%2F26%2Fuk-markets-britain-stocks-idUKTRE78P0KH20110926%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/114252194178/u/0/f/415342/c/871/s/18da6145/a2.htm"><img src="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/114252194178/u/0/f/415342/c/871/s/18da6145/a2.img" border="0"/></a> [More]

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