FTSE 100 movers: St James's Place, Next in the black

London’s FTSE 100 was up 0.6% at 7,645.77 in afternoon trade on Monday.

St James’s Place was the top gainer on the index, having tumbled on Friday after confirming that it was reviewing its fees and charges structure.

Next was also in the black as the homeware and clothing retailer announced late on Friday that was it was buying FatFace in a £115m deal.

Miners Rio Tinto and Anglo American advanced as metals prices rose.

Ocado was under the cosh after Barclays downgraded shares of the online supermarket to ‘underweight’ from ‘equalweight’ and slashed the price target to 430p from 680p, pointing in part to a "particularly challenging" valuation.

Pharma giant GSK was down despite announcing that European experts had recommended the approval of its Jerperli drug for the treatment of a specific type of endometrial cancer - paving the way for marketing authorisation by the continent's regulatory body.

FTSE 100 - Risers

St James's Place (STJ) 670.00p 4.65%
Next (NXT) 7,050.00p 2.86%
Rio Tinto (RIO) 5,208.00p 2.66%
Severn Trent (SVT) 2,506.00p 2.41%
Marks & Spencer Group (MKS) 219.70p 2.00%
Prudential (PRU) 901.00p 1.92%
Hargreaves Lansdown (HL.) 753.60p 1.87%
Flutter Entertainment (CDI) (FLTR) 13,420.00p 1.82%
Anglo American (AAL) 2,282.50p 1.81%
Entain (ENT) 951.40p 1.75%

FTSE 100 - Fallers

Ocado Group (OCDO) 502.40p -5.35%
Airtel Africa (AAF) 116.30p -1.61%
Intertek Group (ITRK) 4,146.00p -1.31%
GSK (GSK) 1,490.80p -1.27%
Hikma Pharmaceuticals (HIK) 2,058.00p -0.96%
Reckitt Benckiser Group (RKT) 5,798.00p -0.96%
Experian (EXPN) 2,751.00p -0.90%
Centrica (CNA) 155.55p -0.89%
Fresnillo (FRES) 547.40p -0.83%
National Grid (NG.) 972.60p -0.69%