LONDON MARKETS: Banks And Insurance Stocks Lead London Higher

over 3% and HSBC (HBC) added nearly 7%. In the insurance sector, Old Mutual added 6.5% and Prudential gained 5.6%. More broadly, the main U.K. FTSE 100 Index climbed 2.4%, or 90.92 points, to 3,802.98. The index has gained 7.8% over...