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At 10:15 BST, the index was three points higher at 5,158, Citywire reports, after a small rally reversed the losses seen at the start of the day.
Hotel group Whitbread recorded one of the biggest climbs, with news that its US counterpart Marriot recorded better-than-expected results helped to push its share price up.
Serco Group, Intercontinental Hotels, Kingfisher and Rexam were also higher, however a number of mining companies fell, including Vedanta Resources, which was 27p lower after a cautious note issued by Goldman Sachs.
"Mining stocks currently are making up nine of the ten worst performing stocks in the FTSE 100," stated market analyst Nicola Poskitt.
She observed that this was partially due to the fact that the price of gold has declined after reaching a record high yesterday.
