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(Sharecast News) - London's FTSE 100 was 0.7% higher at 10,717.09 in afternoon trade on Friday.
3i Group was a high riser again, having said on Thursday that its largest holding, Dutch discount retailer Action, delivered a strong financial performance in the first quarter. The stock was also boosted after UBS raised its target price to 3,200p from 2,900p.
Patrick Munnelly at Tickmill Group said; "The upgrade provided another stock-specific catalyst for financials and supported the broader market advance."
Relx ticked up, having gained a day earlier as the provider of information-based analytics and decision tools reaffirmed its full-year outlook and posted a rise in first-half revenue and profit.
On the downside, oil giants BP and Shell gushed lower as oil prices eased back after Brent crude breached $100 a barrel for the first time since May.
FTSE 100 - Risers
JD Sports Fashion (JD.) 88.36p 3.32%
3i Group (III) 2,749.00p 2.84%
Computacenter (CCC) 4,834.00p 2.72%
International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (CDI) (IAG) 433.50p 2.70%
Pershing Square Holdings Ltd NPV (PSH) 3,742.00p 2.64%
Weir Group (WEIR) 2,608.00p 2.59%
The Sage Group (SGE) 842.00p 2.48%
Anglo American (AAL) 3,718.00p 2.42%
Rolls-Royce Holdings (RR.) 1,389.60p 2.27%
Relx plc (REL) 2,503.00p 2.20%
FTSE 100 - Fallers
Airtel Africa (AAF) 335.40p -3.01%
BT Group (BT.A) 190.25p -1.81%
BP (BP.) 545.50p -1.76%
Vodafone Group (VOD) 114.40p -1.51%
Shell (SHEL) 3,298.50p -1.36%
SSE (SSE) 2,420.00p -0.82%
Babcock International Group (BAB) 1,126.50p -0.79%
Rentokil Initial (RTO) 426.50p -0.65%
Centrica (CNA) 160.60p -0.50%
Marks & Spencer Group (MKS) 377.90p -0.47%