Miners have helped keep leading shares in positive territory today, outweighing falls elsewhere in ITV and Vodafone.
Commodity prices continued their recent strength, lifted by thoughts of Chinese demand and - in the case of copper - industrial action at one of Mexico's biggest mines.
So Antofagasta finished 25.5p higher at 701p, while Kazakhmys was 40p better at £15.97.
But ITV ended 4.6p lower at 63.3p after the downbeat note from its house broker UBS, while Vodafone suffered at the hands of Morgan Stanley. It fell 6.1p to 150.9p despite the company pointing out that other brokers were more positive.
Overall, with an opening rise on Wall Street, the FTSE 100 has edged up 9.2 points to 5702.1.
Software group Misys added after a recent spate of share buying by a number of directors. The company announced earlier this month it would merge its healthcare arm with US rival Allscripts.
But according to one US healthcare blog, "Execs may like the Allscripts-Misys merger idea, but the sales natives are apparently restless. Resumes from both companies are hitting the street in great numbers, a recruiter tells me."
Finally, in the Not Really A Surprise Category, the winner in Here is the City's most stressed firm to work for survey is (drum-roll) ... Bear Stearns. Some high levels of stress there all round.
