London stocks rise as drop in new coronavirus cases soothes nerves

(Reuters) - UK shares advanced on Wednesday, helped by gains in heavyweight oil firms and on relief that the number of new cases of coronavirus infections out of China was falling.China reported its lowest number of new coronavirus cases since late January, bolstering a forecast by Beijing's senior medical adviser for the outbreak in the country to end by April even though fears of further international spread remained.That helped the FTSE 100 add 0.50%, with an additional boost to the..