(Sharecast News) – London’s FTSE 100 was up 0.4% at 7,653.85 in afternoon trade on Thursday.
BP was the standout gainer on the index as oil prices remained higher, albeit lower than recent highs.
On the downside, Taylor Wimpey, WPP and B&Q owner Kingfisher all fell as they traded without entitlement to the dividend.
Barclays was lower as it emerged that former chief executive Jes Staley has been banned and fined nearly £2m by the City watchdog over his relationship with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.
Barclays said it had concluded that Staley was now ineligible for, or should forfeit, bonuses and other awards totalling £17.8m.
FTSE 100 – Risers
BP (BP.) 536.80p 3.17%
CRH (CDI) (CRH) 4,825.00p 2.53%
Endeavour Mining (EDV) 1,609.00p 2.03%
Melrose Industries (MRO) 481.20p 1.67%
AstraZeneca (AZN) 11,122.00p 1.63%
BAE Systems (BA.) 1,071.00p 1.61%
Sage Group (SGE) 1,016.50p 1.55%
Hikma Pharmaceuticals (HIK) 2,110.00p 1.49%
Experian (EXPN) 2,822.00p 1.40%
Mondi (MNDI) 1,413.00p 1.36%
FTSE 100 – Fallers
Taylor Wimpey (TW.) 111.80p -4.24%
Barclays (BARC) 153.24p -2.51%
Croda International (CRDA) 4,466.00p -1.72%
Fresnillo (FRES) 538.20p -1.46%
Ocado Group (OCDO) 579.40p -1.40%
WPP (WPP) 739.20p -0.96%
Beazley (BEZ) 533.00p -0.93%
Kingfisher (KGF) 210.50p -0.89%
Land Securities Group (LAND) 604.40p -0.79%
Convatec Group (CTEC) 204.80p -0.68%
