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The FTSE 100 started the week on the front foot, closing higher on Monday, as hopes grew that a trade deal between the US and China could be struck.
The FTSE 100 index closed up 49.00 points, 0.5%, at 9,403.57.
The FTSE 250 ended 85.52 points higher, 0.4%, at 21,868.48 but the AIM All-Share shed 1.59 points, 0.2%, at 771.06.
In European equities on Monday, the CAC 40 in Paris ended 0.4% higher, while the DAX 40 in Frankfurt jumped 1.8%.
Stocks in New York were higher at the time of the London close.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.8%, the S&P 500 was 1.0% higher, while the Nasdaq Composite advanced 1.4%.
Joshua Mahony, chief market analyst at Scope Market
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