Shares rally after US fiscal cliff deal
Markets in Europe have gained after a short-term deal to stave off the so-called US fiscal cliff was reached.
Failure to agree a deal would have triggered spending cuts and tax increases worth $600bn (£370bn).
Richard Hunter, Head of Equities at Hargreaves Lansdown, told the BBC: "For the moment this points the market in the right direction."
02 Jan 2013
- From the section Business