Leading financial markets enjoyed a second consecutive session of gains today as more countries around the world relaxed their Covid-19 lockdowns.
The FTSE 100 was up 53.72 points, or nearly 1% at 6,220.14, while the French Cac 40 and German Dax indices rose more than 2% and 3.75% respectively.
In New York, the Dow Jones was up 0.5% by the London market close as US traders brushed off nightly protests over the death of a black man, George Floyd, in police custody.
Shares in construction group Galliford Try rose more than 4.3% to 128.86p after it said its Scottish arm, Morrison Construction, had won the contract to build a national centre of excellence for advanced manufacturing research and innovation.
Strathclyde University awarded the work, which is worth about £42 million.
The new National Manufacturing Institute Scotland facility, near Glasgow Airport, will comprise a fully digital “factory of the future”, manufacturing skills academy and collaboration “hub”. It will help support manufacturing and engineering firms of all sizes and sectors.
Galliford Try said it expected work on the site to get under way soon.
Financial markets enjoy second consecutive session of gains as lockdown eases around the world
