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According to Bloomberg, the leading index on the British stock exchange climbed partly thanks to the success of mining companies today.
By 12:46 GMT it had risen by 20.73 points to 5,989.94, as the Rio Tinto Group put on one per cent to 4,442 pence.
But one of the biggest gainers of the day was Fresnillo, the largest primary silver company in the world, which grew by 5.6 per cent to 1,404 pence.
Yusuf Heusen, a sales trader at IG Index in London, stated the market has managed not to get tied down by negative news from Japan.
He added: "The data flow driving the market so far hasn't been too bad and high metals prices are helping the FTSE."
This comes after the FTSE 100 went up by 1.3 per cent yesterday afternoon, Reuters reported.
Posted by Greg Secker
