Oil price surge spurs FTSE on

Climbing oil prices helped the FTSE 100 Index hit its highest closing point since early March today.

Oil price surge spurs FTSE on

Climbing oil prices helped the FTSE 100 Index hit its highest closing point since early March today.

With the price of a barrel of crude moving towards 55 US dollars by the end of the session, heavyweights BP and Shell added around 1.5% to their market values.

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