Rally lifts FTSE up above 4900

The benchmark guide rose to a 10-month high of 4909.4, 13.17 points stronger, mid increasing optimism circular the worldwide economy.

But the FTSE 250 - considered a higher bellwether of UK Plc - dropped 13.3 points to 8818.48.

Mobile phone heroic Vodafone and financials led summit stocks up, with Royal Bank of Scotland claiming the coronet as it shrugged away talk that the selling of its Chinese assets had hit a snag.

Miners were the worst performers - after a powerful showing yesterday - making up four of the summit 10 biggest fallers.