Global markets rise on US stimulus hopes
British factory activity grew for a fourth month in a row and coronavirus vaccine developments underpinned market sentiment
01 October 2020 - 13:02
London — Renewed US stimulus hopes lifted global markets into what is set to be an explosive fourth quarter on Thursday, though an all-day outage on Tokyo's Nikkei meant it was not exactly a smooth start.
Europe’s Stoxx 600 index and the euro were up 0.7% and 0.2% respectively before PMI economic data expected to show the region’s ongoing gradual recovery from coronavirus slump...
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