FTSE 100 up as financials, miners lead charge; Plus500 tanks
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(Reuters) - Gains in financial stocks and miners after some promising data from China and positive U.S. bank earnings led Britain's FTSE 100 higher on Friday, while a plunge in revenue took down mid-cap online trading platform Plus500 and its peers.The FTSE 100 was up 0.3 percent and the FTSE 250 rose 0.5 percent to cling to a six-month high hit in the previous session to cap off a third straight week of gains.Plus500 slumped more than 31 percent on its worst day in almost four years after its..