Stocks higher at midday on commodity rally
UK stocks traded higher on Wednesday as mining stocks found favour thanks to a sharp rally in metals and commodity prices.
In Asian trading the Shanghai Composite SE index surged 1.4% and Japan’s Nikkei 225 index gained 0.2%.
Gold prices were 0.3% higher at $1,845 an ounce and Brent oil prices were slightly lower at $60.8 a barrel.
At 12 pm the FTSE 100 was up 27 points or 0.4% t0 6,559 ...