However, gains will be limited as investors focus on a key meeting in Paris on Tuesday between French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel to discuss further steps to alleviate the euro zone debt crisis.
France and Germany's leaders face a stark choice over whether to steer the embattled euro zone towards closer monetary union or risk watching the bloc unravel at the meeting which starts around 1400 GMT, with a joint news conference due at 1600 GMT, after the London market close.
"Because of the lingering bias to the downside, traders may be nervous about playing the upside. This nervousness often triggers an overreaction by long traders at the first sign of weakness. In addition, selling near the close is often a sign of uncertainty," said Enis Mehmet, analyst at Autochartist.
"It is possible that the market made a short-term top at 5,377.23. If this holds true then it may be ripe for a correction of the rally from 4,791.01. Based on this scenario, long traders may be vulnerable to a short-term correction back to 5,084.12 to 5,014.95 if upside momentum begins to fade."
The UK blue chip index closed up 30.55 points, or 0.6 percent on Monday at 5,350.58, albeit below the day's highs, extending its rally into a third session since hitting a one-year closing low on Wednesday, with strength in energy and mining stocks providing the main prop.
U.S. blue chips closed 1.9 percent higher on Monday as investors saw an offer by Google for phone maker Motorola Mobility as an excuse to jump back into the market after weeks of hefty falls.
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