Better-than-expected US jobs figures sent markets higher on both sides of the Atlantic today as investors cheered encouraging signs for the world’s biggest economy.

Uncertainty over whether a bail-out deal can be agreed for stricken Greece put pressure on the London market today ahead of Monday’s crucial meeting by European finance ministers.

Chief executive David Gill believes Manchester United will continue to grow despite a disappointing share price when the club was listed on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday.

Concerns that the world’s powerhouse economies of China and the US are struggling and that Europe’s debt crisis is not yet over have driven most global stocks down today.