LONDON, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Vodafone shares turnedhigher late on Tuesday, with traders citing a Nikkei reportsuggesting the British mobile operator may become a takeovertarget for Japanese telecoms firm SoftBank.
Officials at Vodafone were not immediately available tocomment.
Vodafone was up 1 percent at 208.80 pence at 1459 GMT,having traded as low as 205.50 pence earlier on Tuesday. (Reporting by Francesco Canepa, Sudip Kar-Gupta and VikramSubhedar in London)