Ftse closed up higher as commodities were strong

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Britain's top index the Ftse closed up higher as commodities were strong when encouraging US data raised demand expectations. While the other markets like the Dax and the Cac rose as there were gains in US where the sentiment was boosted by a stronger labor market.
Angus Campbell, head of sales at Capital Spreads said: "The UK market is making up for lost time over the Easter weekend and when the U.S. market leads, the UK plays catch up." David Jones, chief market strategist at IG Index said: "It wouldn't be an overstatement to say this was roundly ignored by the stock market -- with so many FTSE 100 companies deriving a significant chunk of income from outside the UK, the comings and goings as to who is leading the country do not seem to be a major concern at the moment."
The Ftse, the Germany's DAX and France's CAC were up between 0.2 to 0.7 percent.