The FTSE 100 Index mirrored Monday morning’s rally and was up 0.8% at 6807 even after constituents Land Securities and Vodafone reported H1 losses and easyJet delivered lower profits Tuesday morning.
EasyJet was the worst performing FTSE 100 stock Thursday morning after its second successive profits warning.
Trading in domestically-focused banks, RBS and Barclays, was temporarily suspended on Monday after their share prices dropped 9% and 10%, respectively.
Easyjet has announced its intention to raise its dividend pay-out ratio from 40% for the year ended 30 September 2015 to 50% in H2 2016, subject to approval at its AGM.
Easyjet shares have fallen significantly today despite the airline reporting full year profits up 18% to £686m.
