World markets near a two-week high as Trump leaves hospital
Renewed hopes of US stimulus also helped push shares higher ahead of the ECB and US Fed chiefs to speak later in the day
06 October 2020 - 12:32
London — World stock markets neared a more than two-week high on Tuesday after US President Donald Trump’s return to the White House from hospital where he was treated for Covid-19, and expectations of a new US stimulus package being agreed rose.
Europe saw a stuttering start with London’s FTSE dipping and not much traction from France, Italy or Germany, despite a “remarkable” jump in German industrial orders...
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