FTSE 100 Rallies On Growth Optimism BRUSSELS/FRANKFURT/PARIS (dpa-AFX) - U.K. stocks rallied on Tuesday as upbeat U.S. data released overnight and signs of rising car sales added to investor optimism about an economic recovery. New car registrations in the U.K. climbed 12 percent annually in March, the first month of growth since August, an industry body said. The month represents the anniversary of the first lockdown in March 2020, when the pandemic brought Britain to a standstill and registrations plunged 44.4 percent. The benchmark FTSE 100 jumped 80 points, or 1.2 percent, to 6,817 as trading resumed after a long holiday weekend. Miners Anglo American, Antofagasta and Glencore rose 3-4 percent on optimism for a swift economic recovery.