As Footsie moved higher, a number of stocks were gaining investor interest although it was a quiet trading day, including New Look, Intertek (LON:ITRK), Hornby (LON:HRN) and brewer SABMiller (LON:SAB).
All were attracting web traction, particularly High Street retailer New Look, which has been taken over by an investment vehicle managed by a South African billionaire.
Brait, run by South Africa’s fourth-richest man Christo Wiese, is buying 90% of the clothes retailer for £780mln, giving it a total enterprise value of £1.9bn, including its debt.
Much in the news of late has been about Rev Wilbert Awdry's popular Thomas the Tank stories due to the 70th year anniversary and toy maker Hornby (LON:HRN) had news out.
It is to bring back the models after the popular children's TV series was given a makeover to bring it into the 21st Century.
Elsewhere, Wolfhart Hauser, the chief executive of the FTSE 100 testing firm, retires today after a decade in charge.
In that time the share price has motored ahead 256% as the company clambered into the blue chip index for UK stocks.
But today's trading update revealed a subdued performance. Revenues were up 3.3% in the period, but most of that increase was the result of beneficial foreign exchange rate movements.
Elsewhere, Peroni owner SABMiller (LON:SAB) was brewing up headlines witha move to buy London-based brewer Meantime.
The beer giant told investors this morning it will snap up the Greenwich-based craft beer company, known for its London Lager and London Pale Ale.
The top London gainer was MoPowered Group (LON:MPO) which added almost 130% to 4p as it said it would change its name to mporium and shift strategy.
The firm announced a £3.1mln financing, acquisition of Fast Web Media and appointment of Barry Moat as new chief executive.
Another tech firm, Oslo listed, Cxsense will take a stake and become strategic partner.
Alos in focus, was AIM oil group Caza(LON:CAZA), which told investors it could again look to new drilling opportunities in the Bone Springs play.
Chief executive Mike Ford said: "While we have taken the prudent decision to cut back on capital expenditures during this time of low oil prices, many of the company's Bone Spring properties could deliver acceptable rates of return at current price levels,” Ford said.
Shares eased around 16% on the day to 3.88p.