India, May 6 -- U.K. stocks are turning in a mixed performance in cautious trade on Tuesday with traders back to trading after a long weekend. Investors are awaiting the monetary policy announcements from the Federal Reserve and the Bank of England, due on Wednesday and Thursday, respectively.
The Federal Reserve is widely expected to hold rates, while the BoE is likely to lower interest rates by 25 basis points.
The benchmark FTSE 100, which moved into positive territory earlier in the session, was down 7.06 points or 0.08% at 8,589.29 a little while ago.
Endeavour Mining is gaining more than 6%. Fresnillo, British American Tobacco, Sainsbury (J), Tesco, Land Securities, Imperial Brands, Diageo, Entain and Kingfisher are up 1 to 3%.
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