MarketWatch - 2 minutes agoLONDON (MarketWatch) -- U.K.'s FTSE 100 index ended at the highest closing level since September 2000 on Monday, according to FactSet, boosted by banking shares and a rally for budget airliner EasyJet PLC . The index rose 0.5% to 6,755.63. Shares of Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC jumped 4.5% after a broker upgrade, while HSBC Holdings PLC climbed 1.5%, after the bank said John Thornton, chairman of its remuneration committee and its North America business, will step down. EasyJet shares rallied 4%, after Citigroup lifted the budget airliner's price target.
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