Imperial Brands up on share buyback plan
Industrial miners slip for fourth straight day
Volution Group leads gains on FTSE 250
Tesco top gainer on FTSE 100
FTSE 100 up 0.3, FTSE 250 adds 0.7

Oct 5 Reuters UK shares were set to snap a threeday losing streak on Thursday as the pullback in U.S. bond yields and the dollar boost investor sentiment, although shares of Metro Bank slumped on reports of an urgent capital raise.

The benchmark FTSE 100 index gained 0.3 and the domesticallyfocused FTSE 250 index rose 0.7, rebounding from near oneyear lows hit in the previous session.

Longterm U.S. government yields eased from 16year highs while the U.S. dollar softened after data showed that U.S. jobs growth was below economists39; expectations in September, relieving investor anxiety.

I don39;t think we will see sharp falls or renewed appetite for longdated debt anytime soon because investors still have a critical eye on high levels of U.S. federal spending, said Susannah Streeter, senior investment and markets analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown.

Metro Bank39;s shares tumbled 24.8 and hit a record low on reports the British midsized lender was in talks for an urgent capital raise of as much as 600 million pounds 728 million.

Metro Bank confirmed it was evaluating options, including a potential fundraising. Its shares were also briefly suspended in frantic trading.

A fall in copper prices for the fourth day due to inventories dragged down industrial metal miners by 0.2….