© Reuters. London advances 1.17% with a rebound in banking
London, Mar 14 (.).- The London Stock Exchange closed this Tuesday with a rise of 1.17%, a session in which bank securities rebounded, after having fallen in recent days due to fear of contagion after the collapse of the American Silicon Valley Bank.
The , the main index in the British capital, advanced 88.48 points, to 7,637.11 points, while the secondary FTSE-250 gained 1.62%, 304.58 points, to 19,129.66 points.
The pound sterling depreciated 0.06% against the euro at the close of the Stock Market, up to 1.1338 euros, and fell 0.14% against the US dollar, up to 1.2150 dollars.
On the London Stock Exchange, carmaker Rolls Royce (LON:) Holdings led gains with a 7.03% rise, while delivery firm Ocado Group rose 4.11%, financial firm Hargreaves Lansdown 3.99%. , the wealth manager St James Place 3.63% and the energy company Centrica 3.42%.
between the banks, Barclays (LON:) rose 3.11%, Lloyds (LON:) 2.14%, NatWest 1.98%, HSBC 1.57% and Standard Chartered (LON:) a 1.16%.
In contrast, the mining company led the losses fresnillo (LON:), losing 1.45%, followed by energy National Grid (LON:), down 0.47%, tobacco company Imperial Brands (LON:) Group, down 0.47%, tobacco company British American Tobacco (LON:) 0.45% and the water company Severn Trent (LON:) a 0.42%.
