FTSE up 4.3 percent, hits six-week high

Posted by 7Star Friday, April 3, 2009

A sharp rally in banks, commodity stocks and the broader market, boosted by G20 measures to ease the economic crisis, lifted Britains top share index 4.3 percent by close on Thursday. The FTSE 100 index ended 169.36 points higher at 4,124.97, climbing above the 4,000 level for the first time since February 19, after closing up 29.47 points on Wednesday.

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