Market hopes as Footsie recovers losses

Investors were hoping for another good day today after the FTSE 100 Index hauled itself out of the doldrums yesterday to produce the market’s biggest rise in percentage terms since October 1987.

On another day of volatility, the Footsie surged 199.9 points to 3486.9 after putting back all of Wednesday’s losses – and adding 30 points on top of that.