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According to Reuters, the index was up by 74.77 points at 5,989.66 by 12:10 GMT despite having fallen in eight out of the past nine trading days.
This increase has come following softer oil prices due to hopes of a peace deal in Libya, while David Battersby, an investment manager at Redmayne-Bentley, expects the markets to bounce back.
He added: "Once the situation has sorted itself, markets will recover. But it is a matter of time, and are we right on this?"
There was positive news for mining firm Xstrata as it put on 2.2 per cent following profits for stakeholder Glencore.
Today's gains come after the FTSE 100 index made similar high increases last Friday when it rose by 0.9 per cent, Bloomberg reported.
Posted by Chris Weaver
