India, May 20 -- U.K. stocks are up in positive territory on Tuesday, extending gains to a fourth straight session. The focus largely on corporate earnings updates, and the developments on the trade front.
The benchmark FTSE 100 was up 53.79 points or 0.62% at 8,753.10 a little before noon.
British engineering firm Senior Plc is up nearly 2% after securing two new contracts valued at about €200 million.
Diploma Plc shares are soaring more than 18% after the technical products and service distributor raised its full-year organic revenue growth forecast after reporting robust half-year financial growth.
Diploma posted higher profit in the first half of the year, helped by a 14% rise in revenues. The company also lifted its interim d...