The FTSE 100 shares that rose as England headed into lockdown included Kingfisher, Sainsbury and Tesco

The FTSE 100 managed to shrug off much of the weekend’s bad news on lockdowns — helped by the leaks on Friday that so characterise the current administration.

Investors now know how to trade lockdowns, having seen what happened to company earnings last time around, so it was back to route one: buy supermarkets, sell travel.

That meant Sainsbury and Tesco had a good session, up 5.5p to 207p and 5p to 210.6p respectively as investors predicted a big surge in spending there as restaurants close.

Kingfisher, the DIY giant selling outdoor heaters like a new Ice Age is dawning, put on 8.9p to 296p on hopes people will do up their houses now they’re spending so much time in them.

The work-from-home phenomenon  boosted  Just Eat Takeaway  and Gear4Music, which both had strong sessions, up 303p to 8871 and 50p to 670p  respectively. Gear4Music, which sells instruments online, has seen its stock rocket from 250p at the start of the year.

Aero engines maker Rolls-Royce lost some of its recent astronomical gains, tumbling a penny to 70p as investors took fright at the travel ban. British Airways owner IAG tumbled 2.4p to 94p and easyJet lost 12.7p at 494p.

A sense of positivity around the Brexit  trade talks helped offset some of the gloom, as did Ocado’s 9% surge on the back of its positive trading figures. The shares soared 207p to 2489p, singlehandedly adding 4 points to the FTSE 100. The premier index was up 35 points at 5612.3 as European markets had a surprisingly positive session, helped by strong economic data from China. As one trader put it: “Do we dare to dream that that could be us by next summer?”

Gambling giant GVC was one of the fallers, tumbling 18p to 948.2p as it put a cost on locking down its betting shops: £43 million if the current rounds of closures across Europe go on for another month like the English one.

There was a two-way pull on the stock, however, as gaming companies did well from the lockdown as bored punters bet more online.