• Share prices bounce back in London, Frankfurt and New York • Eurozone nations announce trillion euro plan to save ailing banks • Five bank bosses axed as state takes huge stake in three UK firms • Brown says £37bn bail-out will offer 'rock of stability' in crisis Bold and unprecedented bail-out plans for banks in Britain, Europe and the US brought markets back from the brink yesterday, after last week's turmoil knocked a fifth off the value of stock markets. Share prices rebounded around the world and frozen interbank lending markets showed some signs of thawing. The FTSE 100 recovered almost half of last week's losses to close 8.3% higher, up 325 points at 4,256.9. It was its second-biggest one-day percentage rise ever. The Dow Jones in New York closed up 7% following the largest one-day points gain in its history, as...
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