London's FTSE 100 rose on Monday, helped by gains in heavyweight energy and banking stocks, while Rolls-Royce topped the blue-chip index after winning a contract from the U.S. Air Force.
gained between 0.5% and 3.7%, tracking higher benchmark bond yields . Yields are trading at their highest level since May 2019, suggesting rising inflation pressures.
"The fact that the economic picture is becoming an awful lot more difficult doesn't really bear any relation to what stock markets are doing," said Michael Hewson, chief market analyst at CMC Markets UK.The FTSE 100 has risen about 9.6% so far this year on support from easy central bank policies and re-opening optimism. But the pace of rise has been slowed recently by inflation risks sparked by higher energy costs and supply chain disruptions.
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