India, Aug. 12 -- U.K. stocks are up in positive territory around noon on Tuesday, supported by some encouraging earnings, and easing trade tensions after the U.S. extended its pause on higher tariffs for Chinese goods until November 10.
The benchmark FTSE 100, which advanced to 9,165.24 earlier in the session, is up 15.23 points or 0.17% at 9,144.94 a few minutes before noon.
Spirax Group shares are soaring nearly 13%. The British industrial thermal energy and fluid technology company posted first-half 2025 earnings that beat expectations.
Airtel Africa is up 2.2% and BT Group is gaining about 2%. Rio Tinto, Standard Chartered, Pershing Square Holdings, Endeavour Mining and Smith & Nephew are up 1 to 1.6%.
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