London midday: FTSE maintains gains as Royal Mail rallies on update
[ad_1] London stocks had maintained gains by midday on Tuesday, having taken their opening cue from a positive close on Wall Street, with Royal Mail pacing the advance after a well-received update. The FTSE 100 was up 0.8% at 7,357.44, having slumped 2.6% on Monday amid growing tensions between Russia and Ukraine. Russ Mould, investment…