India, Aug. 20 -- After opening slightly down and drifting further lower subsequently, the U.K. market has regained lost ground and is up in positive territory around noon on Wednesday.
The benchmark FTSE 100, which eased to 9,160.65, recovered subsequently and was at 9,214.91, up 25.69 points or about 0.27%, a little while ago.+25.69(
Convatec Group is rising 5.7%. The stock is up on strong buying on news of a $300 million share repurchase plan.
United Utilities is gaining nearly 2%. Admiral Group, British American Tobacco, Severn Trent, Imperial Brands, Unilever, Coca-Cola Europacific Partners, Intertek Group and Relex are up 1 to 1.5%.
Polar Capital Technology Trust, Anglo American Plc, Marks & Spencer, ICG, Easyjet, Berkeley Group H...