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London stocks were still a little firmer by midday on Friday as comments from a US Federal Reserve official and encouraging Chinese and UK data underpinned the mood.
London stocks were off lows but still in the red by midday on Thursday as investors waded through an avalanche of corporate news and digested the latest eurozone inflation data.
London stocks had extended gains by midday on Wednesday following upbeat UK and Chinese manufacturing data, with miners pacing the advance but housebuilders under the cosh after a profit warning from Persimmon.
