Capita Group (LON:CPI) led the blue chips, rallying 8%. Fellow outsourcer Serco (LON:SRP) added 3%.
Royal Bank of Scotland (LON:RBS) was the heaviest faller with a loss of nearly 5%.
International Consolidated Airlines Group (LON:IAG) and Essar Energy (LON:ESSR) lost 3.5% and 3% respectively.
Oil & gas
Supermajors BP (LON:BP) and Shell (LON:RDSB) rose 1%.
BG Group (LON:BG) advanced 1.5%.
Tullow Oil (LON:TLW) and Cairn Energy (LON:CNE) tacked on 3% and 2.2% respectively.
Engineering companies Amec (LON:AMEC) and Petrofac (LON:PFC) rose marginally.
Premier Oil (LON:PMO) led the midcaps with a 2% advance.
Soco International (LON:SIA) posted a small gain.
Melrose Resources (LON:MRS) moved in the opposite way, shedding 2.4%.
JKX Oil & Gas (LON:JKX) and Salamander Energy (LON:SMDR) retreated 1%.
Heritage Oil (LON:HOIL) declined marginally, as did service company Wood Group (LON:WG).
Mining
Precious metals
African Barrick Gold (LON:ABG) climbed 1.4%, while most other mining companies declined.
Fellow gold producer Randgold Resources (LON:RRS) silver miner Fresnillo (LON:FRES) and platinum miner Lonmin (LON:LMI) posted small losses.
Midcaps Aquarius Platinum (LON:AQP) and Petropavlovsk (LON:POG) lost 1.9% and 1% respectively.
Hochschild Mining (LON:HOC) did better, posting a small gain.
Base metals
BHP Billiton (LON:BLT) and Anglo American (LON:AAL) were the top performers in the sector, climbing 1.4% and 1% respectively.
Antofagasta (LON:ANTO) and Vedanta Resources (LON:VED) rose marginally.
Eurasian Natural Resources (LON:ENRC) and Rio Tinto (LON:RIO) were in the red with losses of 1.8% and 1.3%.
Kazakhmys (LON:KAZ) and Xstrata (LON:XTA) posted small losses.
London’s only listed pure iron ore producer Ferrexpo (LON:FXPO) was down 2.2%.
Banks, insurance, private equity
Royal Bank of Scotland (LON:RBS) was at the bottom of the banking sector with a loss of nearly 5%.
Barclays (LON:BARC) and Standard Chartered (LON:STAN) dropped 1.5%.
HSBC (LON:HSBA) eased 1.2% and Lloyds (LON:LLOY) declined marginally.
Insurance stocks followed the trend.
Prudential (LON:PRU) lost 2.4%.
RSA Insurance Group (LON:RSA) dropped 1.8%.
Admiral Group (LON:ADM) and Standard Life (LON:SL) declined 1.5%, as did Legal & General (LON:LGEN).