The FTSE 100 is up 5.40 points, or 0.1%, to 6209.9 with Aviva and British Land leading the advance, while Rio Tinto Group is pacing falling shares.
Aviva has increased 5p, or 0.6% to 806.5p. Britain's biggest insurer has confirmed it will consult policyholders on payouts of surplus money held in two long-term savings funds. Meanwhile British Land, Europe's largest real-estate company by assets, has added 18p, or 1.1%, to 1622p after the company said net asset value, used to gauge real estate company performance, rose by 2% to 1,624p per share during the second quarter. Rio Tinto has lost 28p, or 1%, to 2704 after Macquarie Bank cut its recommendation on shares of the world's third- biggest mining company to “neutral” from “outper...
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