The FTSE 100 traded in the green on Monday, in line with its European peers boosted by hopes about further stimulus in the US after House Speaker Pelosi set a Tuesday deadline for the White House to agree on fiscal stimulus. Investors now await developments on Brexit after talks stalled last week and as the self-imposed October 15th deadline for the UK to leave the EU if no deal was reached expired.

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