London midday: FTSE boosted by miners amid raft of earnings news
The FTSE 100 was up 0.3% at 10,892.97, while Brent crude was up 1% at $84.57 a barrel and West Texas Intermediate was 0.5% higher at $80.71, having tumbled on Monday. Russ Mould, investment director at AJ Bell, said: "The FTSE 100 got off to a solid …