FTSE 100 Live 6 June: Index closes up 0.5% as ECB cuts interest rates

Interest rate cut hopes have boosted the market mood after the European Central Bank and the Bank of Canada became the first two in the G7 to loosen monetary policy.

Attention is on when policymakers in the UK and US might follow suit.

Today’s corporate updates have included record results by facilities manager Mitie and a return to profit for the Jacamo business N Brown.