Oil helps lift market as UK growth disappoints

Strong overnight trading on Wall Street and Asia saw the Ftse 100 Index jump more than 2.6% higher, up 157.9 points to 6241, after Brent Crude lifted 3.2% to 37.28 US dollars a barrel.
The market’s Santa rally, on the last full day of trading before Christmas, was the biggest one-day gain since October 5.