- FTSE 100 up 1.1% to 7,015
- Gold down 0.65% to $1,194.72/oz
- £/$ – 1.4713
The FTSE 100 bounced back from Wednesday’s disappointing performance with a surge back over 7,000. The index closed up 1.1% at 7,015.
Aberdeen Asset Management was the day’s highest climber, up 4.2%. Sector peers Hargreaves Lansdown and Schroders were also in demand, rising 2.3% and 2% respectively.
In European markets, the Paris CAC 40 rose 1.4% to 5,208, and the German Xetra Dax added 1.1% to 12,166.
In the US, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.3% to 17,958, the S&P 500 added 0.5% to 2,091, and the Nasdaq Composite was 0.5% higher at 4,974.
Overnight in Japan, the Nikkei 225 slipped 0.2% to 19,907, and the broader Topix index fell 0.3% to 1,589. And in China, the Shanghai Composite and the CSI 300 each rose 1.9% to 4,034 and 4,344 respectively.
Brent spot was trading at $56.67 early today, and in New York, crude oil was at $50.70. Spot gold was trading at $1,196 an ounce, silver was at $16.26 and platinum was at $1,162.
In the forex markets this morning, sterling was trading against the US dollar at 1.4678 and against the euro at 1.3823. The dollar was trading at 0.9417 against the euro and 120.47 against the Japanese yen.
And in the UK, wine retailer Majestic Wines is to buy online rival Naked Wines for £70m. Naked Wines, founder and chief executive Rowan Gormley will take over as chief executive of the combined business.