(Alliance News) - The UK has pledged to "maintain pressure on Russia" through "the toughest sanctions regime" it had ever imposed, after Donald Trump announced a deal to buy diesel from Moscow.
In London, the FTSE 100 index ended up 110.45 points, 1.1%, at 10,552.05. The FTSE 250 climbed 269.90 points, 1.1%, to 24,213.78, and the AIM all-share added 6.86 points, 0.9%, at 777.53.
Standard Life led the FTSE 100 fallers, down 3.8%, as Edinburgh-based wealth and asset manager Aberdeen sold 52 million shares in the London-based retirement savings provider, while advertiser WPP ...