London’s FTSE 100 was up 0.4% at 7,565.39 in afternoon trade on Wednesday.
Precious metals miner Fresnillo was the standout gainer on the index, closely followed by discount retailer B&M and online supermarket Ocado.
Banks Standard Chartered and HSBC were among the top performers, still recovering from recent heavy losses.
On the downside, British Land was knocked lower by a downgrade to ‘sell’ at Goldman Sachs. Land Securities and Segro also fell.
FTSE 100 – Risers
Fresnillo (FRES) 730.20p 2.15%
B&M European Value Retail S.A. (DI) (BME) 482.70p 2.14%
Ocado Group (OCDO) 435.30p 1.99%
HSBC Holdings (HSBA) 564.10p 1.82%
Unilever (ULVR) 4,204.50p 1.80%
JD Sports Fashion (JD.) 172.85p 1.80%
Centrica (CNA) 103.50p 1.67%
Haleon (HLN) 329.10p 1.65%
Reckitt Benckiser Group (RKT) 6,014.00p 1.62%
Endeavour Mining (EDV) 1,788.00p 1.59%
FTSE 100 – Fallers
British Land Company (BLND) 371.40p -6.89%
Land Securities Group (LAND) 591.00p -3.65%
Unite Group (UTG) 889.50p -2.79%
SEGRO (SGRO) 726.80p -2.31%
Airtel Africa (AAF) 107.20p -2.28%
Entain (ENT) 1,213.50p -1.98%
Phoenix Group Holdings (PHNX) 565.60p -1.74%
Convatec Group (CTEC) 224.40p -1.58%
Vodafone Group (VOD) 91.25p -1.53%
Smith (DS) (SMDS) 309.10p -1.34%
