Shares buoyed by Trump and US stimulus hopes        

Shares of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals jump 6.1% after treatment used on president 

President Trump’s medical condition remained unclear as he began the fourth day at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. Picture: Joyce N Boghosian/The White House via AP

Stock markets on both sides of the Atlantic rose, buoyed by hopes for a politcial agreement on more stimulus for the Covid-19 hit US economy and on hints President Donald Trump could return to the White House. 

Although President Trump’s medical condition remained unclear as he began the fourth day at the military hospital where he is being treated for Covid-19, his doctors have said he could be discharged soon.