London mid-caps climb as investors bet on recovery
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(Reuters) - London's mid-cap index climbed for the third day in a row on Tuesday as investors counted on a speedy recovery from a coronavirus-fuelled recession, while several more UK firms took steps to shore up cash reserves to ride out the economic slump.The domestically focussed FTSE 250 rose 0.7% to a one-week high, following its strongest finish in six weeks in the previous session that was powered by positive data from an early-stage trial of a coronavirus vaccine.The blue-chip FTSE 100 ..