UN Libya Mandate FTSE Up.
Following the G7 nations agreeing on measures to curb the yen’s strength, Japan raising the alert level at the Fukushima nuclear plant from four to five and the UN Security Council authorising the use of military action in Libya - the FTSE 100 index of blue-chip shares gained 0.56 per cent and the Mid-250 index increased by 0.94 per cent.
The gains came after Japan’s Nikkei 225 index rose 2.7 per cent to 9,206.75 and the dollar rising 3 per cent against the yen to ¥81.71
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