By Michele Maatouk
Date: Tuesday 18 Mar 2025
(Sharecast News) - London's FTSE 100 was up 0.2% at 8,694.99 in afternoon trade on Tuesday.
JD Sports Fashion was the standout gainer on the top-flight index.
Marks & Spencer was in the black, recovering from losses on Friday and Monday after Asda said it would undertake a "substantive" programme of investment that would "materially" dent profits.
The warning from Asda also led to heavy losses for Sainsbury's and Tesco.
Banks were in the black, with Standard Chartered, Barclays and NatWest all higher.
FTSE 100 - Risers
JD Sports Fashion (JD.) 78.10p 4.78%
Standard Chartered (STAN) 1,202.50p 3.35%
Marks & Spencer Group (MKS) 329.40p 2.71%
Antofagasta (ANTO) 1,940.00p 2.46%
Airtel Africa (AAF) 158.40p 2.39%
St James's Place (STJ) 1,029.00p 2.39%
IMI (IMI) 2,026.00p 2.37%
Barclays (BARC) 301.75p 2.34%
NATWEST GROUP (NWG) 459.20p 2.34%
Next (NXT) 9,804.00p 2.30%
FTSE 100 - Fallers
Games Workshop Group (GAW) 14,300.00p -2.46%
London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) 10,810.00p -1.55%
Mondi (MNDI) 1,246.50p -1.46%
Compass Group (CPG) 2,614.00p -1.40%
Halma (HLMA) 2,654.00p -1.34%
Scottish Mortgage Inv Trust (SMT) 958.80p -1.26%
Relx plc (REL) 3,769.00p -1.18%
Imperial Brands (IMB) 2,750.00p -1.15%
Intertek Group (ITRK) 4,842.00p -1.14%
The Sage Group (SGE) 1,178.50p -1.13%
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