Banks, homebuilders shine as British shares rally on budget boost

By Devik Jain and Shivani Kumaresan (Reuters) – British shares rose on Wednesday, buoyed by gains in financial, leisure and homebuilding stocks as investors cheered finance minister Rishi Sunak’s budget plan to steer the economy out of a coronavirus-inflicted shock. The blue-chip FTSE 100 index closed 0.9% higher, with shares of top three British homebuilders […]



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