The US leads Europe by the nose
European markets jumped higher this morning and stayed that way till the close thanks to US markets surging in the first session after the 3-day Labour Day.
The FTSE 100 just closed up 1.18%, while the Germany DAX is up 1.81%, the Euro Stoxx 50 is up 1.06% and France's CAC-40 is 1.05% higher.
In London, the biggest risers today were miners Anglo American, up 2.49%, and Glencore, 4.40% higher.
At the other end Whitbread, the owner of leisure brands like Premier Inn and Costa Coffee, is down 1.59% after a downbeat warning that the recently introduced UK National Living Wage is going to hit it.