FTSE 100 rises on commodity stocks, jobs data boost; Oxford Biomedica jumps By Reuters
By Devik Jain (Reuters) -London's FTSE 100 climbed on Tuesday, on gains in heavyweight mining and energy stocks, while better-than-expected jobs data strengthened views of a stronger economic recovery from a pandemic-driven crash last year. The blue-chip index rose 0.5%, with precious and base metal miners adding more than 1% each, as they benefited from higher metal and gold prices. [MET/L] [GOL/] Oil majors BP (LON:BP) and Royal Dutch Shell (LON:RDSa), and banking stocks also rose, providing the biggest boost to the index. The domestically focussed mid-cap FTSE 250 index climbed 0.7%. Britain's unemployment...
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