UK shares had more of a spring in the step at lunch.
FTSE100 is up 47 points at 6,139, while in the smaller indices - FTSE AIM 100 added 0.19% to 3,363 and the FTSE AIM All -share gained 0.29% to stand at 714.220.
Smart meter firm Cyan Holdings PLC (LON:CYAN) was clinging onto top gainer successfully, adding over 107% to 0.28p after it won an order for £10mln to install smart meters of electricity in Iran.
The deal is with contractor Micromodje to implement around 360,000 smart meters using Cyan's CyLec's advanced electricity metering infrastructure.
Aminex PLC (LON:AEX) today said it had produced first gas from its Kiliwani North gas field in Tanzania.
Aminex has a 55.75% working interest in the field in Tanzania though this will reduce to 51.75% following a recent stake sale to partner Solo Oil (LON:SOLO).
The first well, Kiliwani North-1 well (KN-1), will deliver gas to the new adjacent Songo Songo processing plant.
Aminex shares rose while Solo's also gained over 20% to stand proud at 0.35p.
Landore Resources (LON:LND), the Ontario focused minming explorer, was also continuing the good run, with shares up over 27% to 2.43p.
88Energy (LON:88E) lost 10.6% to 3.38p despite it reporting a new independent resource estimate which sees some 1.4bn barrels of oil equivalent in the HRZ shale that was encountered in the first Project Icewine well.
Vast Resources (LON:VAST) was down over 16% as it issued over 100mln shares for £133,333 after the share and warrant deal with existing shareholders announced on March 7. They were issued at 0.24p
Security firm Westminster Group (LON:WSG) sank 9.68% to 10.5p as its ferry project in Sierra Leone was blighted with further issues.