As Footsie seemingly limped higher, big banks, Royal Mail (LON:RMG) and Booker Group (LON:BOK) were among the topics garnering interest in webworld.
Miners were on the up too after Chinese manufacturing data with silver giant Fresnillo (LON:FRES), BHP Billiton (LON:BLT) and Antofgasta (LON:ANTO) among the top risers.
But, unsurprisingly it was the banking world still in focus, after the global financial world was rocked on its heels yesterday after six of the world's largest institutions agreed to pay US$5.8bn in fines.
Five of them, including Citi and JP Morgan Barclays (LON:BARC) and RBS (LON:RBS), will plead guilty to charges tied to a currency-rigging probe, and also struck civil settlements with the Fed, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and a British regulator, all amounting to around US$5.7bn in penalties.
Barclays and RBS shares went higher yesterday after the news but today sank back a little, with Barclays easing 0.09%, while RBS lost 0.65%.
Royal Mail lost 0.68% to 496.5p as final results were uninspiring. The group sited tough competition for lower than expected earnings from its core UK parcels and letter business.
The postal group said revenue from its UKPIL division was flat at £7.8bn in the 12 months to May 21.
A 1% drop in total letter revenue hampered performance, although this was offset by a 1% rise in parcels revenue.
Booker (LON:BOK), the food wholesaler, was popular with investors today, with shares adding 9.67% at 166.7p.
The trigger was news it is to buy Budgens and Londis owner Musgrave RetailPartners GB Limited for £40mln.
Convenience store chain Londis and grocery chain Budgens will join incumbent brands Premier and Family Shopper.
Back on the losing front and milk and Clover maker Dairy Crest (LON:DCG) slumped 5.79% as its annual pre-tax profits plunged, due to the dairies division.
Pre-tax profit fell 59% year-on-year to £22.1mln on a fall of revenue by 4% to £1.3bn.
In the junior market, Ferrex (LON:FRX) added 8% to 0.0675p as traders hailed a definitive feasibility study at its Nayega manganese project in northern Togo, which defined a maiden reserve.
While not yet verified independently, the preliminary results using an accelerated start-up model and new flow process showed significant savings in both the upfront capital and ongoing operating costs.