Stocks rally on vaccine hopes

London stocks rallied in early trade on Monday, taking their cue from a positive session in Asia, amid optimism over the vaccine rollout.

At 0915 GMT, the FTSE 100 was up 1.2% at 6,665.50, with sentiment boosted after Japan’s Nikkei 225 surged past the 30,000 level for the first time in more than 30 years.

Meanwhile, sterling was up 0.3% against the dollar at 1.3895.

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