Stock markets soar as City traders anticipate Joe Biden win
by Larry Elliott Economics editor from on (#59WXD)
Markets rally across Asia and Europe as analysts expect Democrats to triumph
Share prices in the City registered their biggest daily gain in two months amid investor hopes that a Joe Biden victory in the US presidential election would result in a major new stimulus package.
London's leading stock market index, the FTSE 100, closed up by 131 points, or 2.33%, at 5786 as the gloomy mood of last week faded.
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