** Steris up more than 6.6 pct at $67.07 after afederal court denies FTC request to block co's $1.9 blnacquisition of British sterilization services provider SynergyHealth PLC
** Medical technology provider's shares having their bestday since May 2014, pop back above their 50-day and 200-daymoving averages for first time since Aug swoon
** FTC filed a lawsuit in May aimed at halting the deal,arguing tie-up would hurt customers of the two co's byeliminating competition
** Court judge says FTC failed to show "by a preponderanceof evidence" that it was likely to succeed on the merits of thecase
** Steris and Synergy shareholder votes on transaction setfor Oct 2 and deadline to complete deal recently extended to Dec31
** Cleveland-based Steris looks to reincorporate combinedentity in Britain. So called "inversion deals" can allow USfirms to get lower overseas tax treatment
** Synergy Health's stock closed before today's announcementat $1,580p/share, up about 1 pct
(RM: lance.tupper.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)
