Flight chaos ‘not a hack’ says minister as disruption continues – business live

Rolling, live coverage of business, economics and financial marketsThe UK’s FTSE 100 stock index has jumped at the opening bell after returning from the bank holiday, in a catch-up move following strong gains in Asia and Wall Street.In fact, the share prices of every single company in the benchmark index have risen in the opening trades – a relatively rare occurence. The index was up 1.3% in the first 10 minutes of trading. Continue reading...