Swirling talk on Brexit pros and cons continued on Thursday, reaching new heights with France's finance minister claiming that in the event of a "leave" vote, the Calais refugee camp for migrants could be relocated to the UK.
Currently, the UK carries out border controls at the French port under an EU agreement, but that could be scrapped.
On the other side, Lord Rose, former M&S boss and chief of the campaign to keep Britain in the European Union, reportedly suggested that low skilled worker wages could rise in the event of a Brexit.
Also sparking interest was news that the government is considering giving regulator Ofgem sweeping new powers to manage the country’s electricity supplies rather than leaving it in the hands of increasingly powerful National Grid.
Car insurer Admiral (LON:ADM) was atop of the Footsie tree on Thursday as it unveiled a record 6% jump in full year 2015 pre-tax profit to £377mln.
Making the headlines Stateside was the death in a car crash on Wednesday in Oklahoma of Aubrey McClendon, the former chair of Chesapeake Energy.
It happened the day after he was charged with rigging bids for drilling rights.
Genel Energy (LON:GENL), the AIM quoted energy firm focused on the Kurdistan region of Iraq, saw shares add 12% after recent falls, despite it posting a 34% drop in revenues for 2015, to $343.9mln, due to falling oil prices.
This was partially offset by a rise in production. At 84,900 barrels of oil per day, Genel’s output was up 22% from the previous year.