London stocks edge up after PM wins confidence vote
June 08, 2022 00:00:00
LONDON, June 7 (AFP): London's stock market nudged higher Tuesday after British Prime Minister Boris Johnson survived a vote of no confidence from his own Conservative MPs, while eurozone indices dropped.
The FTSE 100 index rose 0.1 percent to 7,613.76 points after Johnson's victory late Monday.
In eurozone equities trading, Frankfurt's DAX index opened with a loss of 0.5 per cent at 14,574.34 points and the Paris CAC 40 shed 0.5 per cent to 6,519.03.
