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* FTSE 100 up 0.9%, FTSE 250 up 0.6%
* Chinese moves on corporate interest rates lift stocks
globally
* BP , Shell jump as Yemen attack adds to Middle East
tensions
* HSBC up 2%, leading other Asia-focussed financials
Aug 19 (Reuters) - Sharp rises in oil company shares drove
Britain's FTSE 100 higher on Monday, after an attack on a Saudi
oil facility by Yemeni separatists pushed crude prices higher,
while Asia-exposed banks gained following moves by China to keep
business interest rates low.
By 0710 GMT, the FTSE 100 .FTSE had jumped nearly 1%, its
biggest one-day rise in more than 10 days, while the midcap
index .FTMC was 0.6% higher.
Shell RDSa.L and BP BP.L both rose 1.5%, tracking a
surge in crude prices following a drone attack by Yemen's Houthi
group on an oilfield in eastern Saudi Arabia on Saturday, which
caused a fire at a gas plant and added to Middle East tensions.
Miners and Asia-exposed financial heavyweights, led by HSBC
HSBA.L with a near 2% rise, also offered support after China's
central bank announced a set of reforms to help lower borrowing
costs for companies and support an economy that has been bruised
by the trade war with the United States.