Shares drive ahead amid hopes for lifting of Covid-19 global lock downs

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World shares forged ahead and oil prices also drove higher as well, as investors shrugged off Chinese-US tensions to focus on more stimulus in China and a re-opening world economy.

The Ftse-100, rose 1.2%, the Euostoxx index rose almost 1%, while the S&P 500 in the US was preparing to go above 3,000 points for the first time since early March, when the economic impact of the coronavirus was just becoming clear.