London’s FTSE 100 was up 0.9% at 7,364.29in afternoon trade on Tuesday.
Online supermarket Ocado was the standout gainer on the index, closely followed by educational publisher Pearson.
Banks were also on the rise, with Standard Chartered, Lloyds, HSBC, NatWest and Barclays all higher.
On the downside, Rightmove fell despite an initiation at ‘buy’ at Davy.
FTSE 100 – Risers
Ocado Group (OCDO) 1,414.50p 4.12%
Pearson (PSON) 621.80p 3.81%
Standard Chartered (STAN) 504.40p 3.38%
Abrdn (ABDN) 236.90p 3.36%
Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY) 50.92p 3.35%
HSBC Holdings (HSBA) 506.00p 2.81%
Scottish Mortgage Inv Trust (SMT) 1,043.00p 2.81%
NATWEST GROUP PLC ORD 100P (NWG) 236.20p 2.74%
Barclays (BARC) 195.44p 2.67%
M&G (MNG) 211.80p 2.52%
FTSE 100 – Fallers
Auto Trader Group (AUTO) 640.20p -2.88%
Rightmove (RMV) 637.40p -2.21%
Barratt Developments (BDEV) 603.00p -1.86%
Intertek Group (ITRK) 5,194.00p -1.70%
Halma (HLMA) 2,402.00p -1.68%
Reckitt Benckiser Group (RKT) 6,328.00p -1.53%
Taylor Wimpey (TW.) 144.95p -1.43%
Aveva Group (AVV) 2,775.00p -1.42%
Berkeley Group Holdings (The) (BKG) 4,038.00p -1.27%
Flutter Entertainment (CDI) (FLTR) 10,430.00p -1.09%
