FTSE 100 closes higher as reopening trade lifts London stocks despite HSBC drag
Major UK stocks ended the day in the green, lifted for a second day by companies that should benefit from a reopening of the economy. The rally comes after the UK Prime Minister Johnson sounded cautiously optimistic on Monday, with hopes that lockdown restrictions will start to take effect from 8 March and could come to a complete end by June.Travel and leisure stocks jumped nearly 2.5% in Tuesday