周二是本周的第一个交易日，富时100指数早盘上涨1.3%，收于8317点的历史新高，追随欧洲股市过去两个交易日的涨幅，市场继续受益于主要央行即将降息的预期。权重工业采矿板块在上周表现不佳后涨幅居前，Fresnillo上涨3.3%，力拓和嘉能可均上涨3%至2%，因为中国在劳动节期间承诺的刺激和降息提振了对贱金属和黑色金属的信心。对利率敏感的开发商也表现良好，因为Gilt收益率的大幅下降有利于抵押贷款需求的前景，柿子、巴拉特和英国土地公司的涨幅在3.5%至2.8%之间。另一方面，英国石油公司股价下跌1.3%，此前该公司披露了第一季度的利润损失，而其股票回购计划的继续阻止了交易日的大幅下跌。

The FTSE 100 held early gains and closed 1.3% higher at a record-high 8,317 on Tuesday, the first trading day of the week, tracking gains of European stocks in the past two sessions as markets continued to benefit from expectations of incoming rate cuts by major central banks. The heavyweight industrial mining sector was among the top gainers after some underperformances last week, with Fresnillo surging by 3.3% and both Rio Tinto and Glencore adding between 3% and 2% as pledges of stimulus and rate cuts in China over its Labor holiday lifted sentiment for base and ferrous metals. Rate-sensitive developers also performed well as the sharp decline in Gilt yields favored the outlook for mortgage demand, with Persimmon, Barrat, and British Land adding between 3.5% and 2.8%. On the other hand, BP sank 1.3% after the giant divulged a profit miss for the first quarter, while the continuance of its share buyback plan prevented an even sharper decline in the session.