MARKET REPORT: Hopes of an end to lockdown put a spring in FTSE’s step

The FTSE 100 hit an 11-week high as hopes that normality is in sight put a rocket under travel and engineering shares. London’s premier index rose 1.3 per cent, or 76.49 points, to close at 6144.25. The gains mean it has climbed 23 per cent from depths it plunged to in March, when markets were engulfed … Read more