Top-flight London shares began Thursday in positive territory as traders cheered Greek approval of its rescue deal.
The FTSE 100 Index rose 17.52 points to 6771.27 after the parliament in Athens passed the controversial package despite opposition.
Some 38 lawmakers in premier Alexis Tsipras' own Syriza party rebelled against the measures, but support from opposition parties helped them through.
Attention was set to turn to Germany where parliamentarians still need to approve the deal.
The focus was also on the the Eurogroup and European Central Bank (ECB), who will try to decide where the money for the proposed €7bn Greek finance bridge will come from.
The ECB needs to determine whether it will provide Greek banks with more emergency funding, with Mario Draghi expected to speak later in the day.
Asian stocks reacted positively, as international equity markets became a bit less risky.
Japan’s Nikkei moved 0.6% higher to 20,591 while the Shanghai Composite, India’s Sensex and Australia’s ASX 200 also rose. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng, meanwhile, was mostly flat.
Earlier, on Wall Street, the main benchmarks were mostly static – the Greek vote had yet to be confirmed, and Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen distracted attention.
The Dow Jones ended Wednesday’s session just a few points in the red, while the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq moved little more than 0.1%.
Back in London, Dixons Carphone (LON:DC.) was trading 3.7p up at 465.2p after the electrical retailer said strong TV sales had helped it boost profits by 21%.
Sports Direct International (LON:SPD) fell 8.5p to 726p as the retailer lifted annual profits but said it had taken a hit from England's early World Cup exit.
Miner Rio Tinto (LON:RIO) dropped 11.5p to 2585.5p after reporting higher iron ore shipments but lower mined copper.
EMED Mining (LON:EMED) jumped 0.38p to 4.5p on news that it had secured a licence to start mining at a copper project in southern Spain.