Banks lift FTSE as global stocks advance

(Reuters) - The UK's leading share index jumped 0.4 percent on Wednesday, tracking gains in Asian and U.S. equities which took heart as a dip in U.S. Treasury bond yields eased global interest rate concerns.

Financial stocks, which put on a good show on Wall Street, extended gains in Europe.


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GLOBAL MARKETS-Dollar races to 2-month peak, stocks up

(Reuters) - NEW YORK, June 8 - The dollar rallied to a
two-month high on Friday as U.S. government bonds slid, but
signs of calm following the previous session's bond market rout
helped spark a modest rebound on Wall Street.




The dollar's gains and rising yields on U.S. Treasury bonds
pushed gold, oil and other commodities sharply lower.


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