Updates from BP, Xstrata and Logica

Despite the on-going eurozone stress, the FTSE 100 managed a +9.67 point lift yesterday, taking it across the 5,300 threshold to almost 5,307 points. The biggest riser was InterContinental Hotels, up +6.12%.

Slowing manufacturing Chinese data saw the Japanese Nikkei slip -0.7%; however Hong Kong's Hang Seng picked up +0.4%.