The pound reached 7 month highs against the dollar and the Euro, before falling away towards the end of the week (the BBC suspected it was the political instability here, I'm not convinced).
Anyway, the bare facts are below:
FTSE: 4438.56 (up 20.62 or 0.47% in 1 week, 25.71% in 13 weeks)
DOW: 8763.13 (up 262.80 or 3.09% in 1 week, 32.23% in 13)
£/$: 1.5982 (down 2.06¢ or 1.27% in 1 week, up 13.43% in 13)
£/€: 1.1440 (up 0.04¢ or 0.03% in 1 week, 2.71% in 13)
Oil in $: 68.37 (up $2.63 or 4.00% in 1 week, 56.35% in 13)
Oil in £: 42.78 (up £2.17 or 5.34% in 1 week, 37.84% in 13)
Oil in €: 48.94 (up €2.50 or 5.38% in 1 week, 41.57% in 13)
Gold in $: 962 (down $13 or 1.38% in 1 week, up 2.78% in 13)
Gold in £: 601.93 (down 68p or 0.11% in 1 week, 9.39% in 13)
Gold in €: 688.60 (down 54¢ or 0.08% in 1 week, 6.93% in 13)
All the usual good news signals, except that the pound fell against the dollar (or rather, the dollar rose against the Euro and pound, perhaps indicating a shift in perceptions as to the consequences of recovery on the value of the dollar in the longer term).
It is notable that the oil price and stock markets have shifted far more than gold and the currencies have. That gold hasn't fallen proves that many aren't convinced that "everything is going to be okay" but demand for oil is recovering, which means that the restrictions put into place by OPEC (to limit the oil price collapse) will start to bite.
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