The FTSE continued to take advantage of its new lease of life on Tuesday, climbing 70 points, or around 1.3%, to soar to 5,516.6.
Although a technical error yesterday delayed trading on the FTSE by around eight hours, the blue-chip index ended the day up almost 200 points at 5,436.3 after the US rescue of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac reinvigorated investor risk appetite. Today, Experian, up 25.75p, or 5.97%, to 457p leads the winner’s table, followed by Intercontinental Hotel and the Royal Bank of Scotland, who have both made more than 5% gains. Eurasian, down 45.5p, or 5.45%, to 789p, Kaxakhmys and Ferrexpo are all in the red in early trading. In the US, red-faced Alcoa was the only loser on a buffer Monday for the ...
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