Updates from BP and Alliance Trust

A 0.19% bump for the FTSE 100 on Thursday, climbing 13 points to 6,788.4. Aviva was the biggest climber, soaring more than 8% to 504p with Schroders also climbing strongly, up 5.29% to 2727p. IMI saw the biggest drift down, slipping 4.33% to 1481p.

The Dow Jones rose almost 62 points to 16,421, buoyed by lower unemployment numbers. %VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%