Equity prices soar as markets react to Moderna vaccine

Rolls-Royce, Whitbread and IAG end day as top risers in London, up by 10%

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Shares in London closed at their highest level since June as stock markets around the world rose sharply after news of successful trials of a second Covid-19 vaccine.

For the second Monday in a row, equity prices soared on all the world's leading bourses after Moderna said its treatment for the pandemic was almost 95% effective.