India, Aug. 6 -- U.K. stocks are turning in a mixed performance on Wednesday with investors digesting corporate earnings announcements, and continuing to assess the economic impact of the Trump administration's tariffs that are set to become effective this week.
Investors are also awaiting the Bank of England's monetary policy announcement due on Thursday.
The benchmark FTSE 100 is up 22.62 points or 0.25% at 9,165.35 a little before noon.
Hiscox is rising nearly 9% after announcing an increase to its share buyback programme. The company has increased its maximum aggregate consideration from $175 million to $275 million to return additional capital to shareholders.
Fresnillo is gaining 4.7% and Diageo is up nearly 3%. Beazley is advanci...