Strength in commodities, banks boosts FTSE higher

LONDON (Reuters) - A rally by commodity stocks and strength in financial issues drove Britain's leading share index sharply higher on Tuesday, as investors risk appetite returned on increasing hopes 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=Strength+in+commodities%2C+banks+boosts+FTSE+higher&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=Strength+in+commodities%2C+banks+boosts+FTSE+higher&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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