UK housing market sees spring revival as asking prices jump; oil price hits four-month high – as it happened

An estate agent in London. Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA

3.12pm GMT

Closing post

Time to wrap up… here’s today’s main stories so far:

3.10pm GMT

Stocks have pushed higher in New York, as investors await Wednesday’s interest rate decision from the US Federal Reserve.

The Dow Jones industrial average, of 30 large US stocks, has gained 0.5% while the tech-focused Nasdaq compositive is up 1.5%.

Megacap tech stocks are strengthening, with Google owner Alphabet up 6.5%.