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* FTSE 100 rises 0.6%, FTSE 250 up 0.3%
Sept 14 (Reuters) - UK shares rose on Monday as drugmaker
AstraZeneca resumed trials of its COVID-19 vaccine, while Brexit
fears simmered ahead of a parliament vote on a plan to break
international law by breaching parts of the divorce treaty with
the European Union.
The House of Commons will debate the Internal Market Bill,
which the EU has demanded Prime Minister Boris Johnson scrap by
the end of September. After the debate, lawmakers will decide if
it should go to the next stage. The blue-chip FTSE 100 .FTSE rose 0.6% in early trading,
with a 0.8% gain for AstraZeneca Plc AZN.L among the top
boosts to the index.
The drugmaker said over the weekend it had resumed British
clinical trials of its COVID-19 vaccine, one of the most
advanced in development, after getting the green light from
safety watchdogs. The mid-cap FTSE 250 .FTMC added 0.3%, with Oxford
BioMedica OXB.L leading gains.