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According to Bloomberg, the index put on 33.31 points to 6,070.39 as of 12:02 GMT, helped out by a number of companies.
These included Resolution, which surged by 4.8 per cent to 276.6 pence after Redburn rated the company's shares as "buy" after forecasting they may rally to 80 per cent.
What's more, there were positive results for Premier Foods, which put on 8.7 percent to 28 pence - and Morgan Crucible advanced by 7.4 percent to 297 pence.
But it was bad news for BHP Billiton as it shed 2.2 per cent to 2,445 pence.
Yesterday morning, the FTSE 100 increased by less than 0.1 per cent, while there was a positive result for Barclays, which surged by 2.8 per cent to 319.3 pence after it announced its net income was £3.56 billion in 2010.
Posted by Greg Secker
