FTSE makes an upward leap

Hays, a recruitment business, rose 3p, or 2.5%, to 121p. Man Group, one of the world's largest publicly traded hedge-fund managers, gained 22p to 1,638p. In Asia, Tokyo's Nikkei 225 index gained 189.16 points to 11,152.09 earlier today, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng remained unchanged at 11,692.56. In the US, the Dow Jones Industrial Average index ended up 159.19 points to 10,117.62 yesterday and the S&P 500 index gained 17.64 points to 1,113.05. Nasdaq's Composite index closed up 41.67 points to 1,964.65. IFAonline