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January 28, 2010

U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, D.C. 20549

Attn: Christian Sandoe

RE:

Fidelity Financial Trust (the trust):

 

Fidelity Convertible Securities Fund
Fidelity Equity-Income II Fund
Fidelity Independence Fund (the funds)

 

File Nos. (002-79910) and (811-03587)

 

Post-Effective Amendment No. 55

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Pursuant to Rule 8b-16 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, Regulation S-T and Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, transmitted herewith on behalf of the trust is Post-Effective Amendment No. 55 to the trust's current effective Registration Statement on Form N-1A. This transmission contains a conformed signature page, the manually signed original of which, executed pursuant to Powers of Attorney dated September 30, 2009 and August 1, 2008, is maintained at the offices of the trust. This filing also includes a conformed copy of the manually signed consent of the trust's independent registered public accounting firm, the original of which is maintained at the offices of the trust.

This filing includes the Prospectuses and Statements of Additional Information for Fidelity Convertible Securities Fund, Fidelity Equity-Income II Fund, and Fidelity Independence Fund. The funds' Prospectuses and SAIs, as filed herein, have been tagged to indicate modifications and editorial changes made since the filing of Post-Effective Amendment No. 54. The funds may be marketed through banks, savings and loan associations, or credit unions.

The principal purpose of this filing is to update each fund's financial information for the fiscal year ended November 30, 2009.

This filing also serves to reflect Staff comments on Post-Effective Amendment No. 54, update standard disclosure, and implement editorial changes.

An effective date of January 29, 2010 is elected by the trust pursuant to Rule 485(b).

Please contact Jamie Plourde at (617) 563-1375 in connection with any questions or comments regarding this filing.

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Very truly yours,

 

 

 

/s/ Eugenio Martinez

 

Eugenio Martinez

 

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