LONDON (Reuters) - Firmer banks, defensive stocks and energy firms outweighed some weakness from miners to push Britain's top share index into positive territory for the fifth consecutive session by the close on Friday.
The FTSE 100 (UKX.L) ended up 33.08 points or 0.6 percent at 5,358.17, its highest close for a month, adding to a 0.9 percent gain on Thursday.
The index has gained 4.2 percent this week, its best week since July.
Supporting the index, Wall Street recovered from early weakness following an unexpected increase in the Federal Reserve discount rate overnight, which sparked some concern that the U.S. central bank's easy monetary policy might be starting to turn.
"The market has reacted in a grown up way to the action from the Fed," said Andrew Bell, chief executive of Witan Investment Trust
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