ECB's declaration holding most stocks but Standard broke records

UK shares are trading almost flat since the opening on Thursday morning as investors are taking cautious moves ahead of the most awaited results from European Central Bank's meeting which will declare at 1200 hours in London.

Standard Life recorded highest gains on FTSE 100, as it edged over 10 percent higher in the trade, after the company sold out its Canadian business for GBP 2.2 billion which is going back to its shareholders.

Fellow insurer Admiral Group took a stand at second place, as it hiked over 2.5 percent, after HSBC upgraded the stock's value from Neutral to Overweight.

MAJOR MARKET News

FTSE 100: up 0.1 percent at 6,882.99

FTSE 250: down 0.1 percent at 15,983.61

AIM ALLshed SHARE: marginally down at 778.65

News making Stocks

STANDARD LIFE

CENTRICA

EASYJET

DIRECT LINE, DIXONS CARPHONE

BALFOUR BEATTY

FTSE 100 is trading at 6,881.88 gaining 8.30 growing at 0.12 percent

Top Gainers on FTSE 100

Standard Life PLC climbed 9.01 percent

Admiral Group PLC climbed 2.22 percent

Imperial Tobacco Group PLC climbed 1.22 percent

easyJet PLC climbed 0.73 percent

Aberdeen Asset Management PLC climbed 0.71 percent

Laggards on Record of FTSE 100

Hargreaves Lansdown PLC shed 1.77 percent

3i Group PLC shed 1.22 percent

WM Morrison Supermarket PLC shed 1.08 percent

AstraZeneca PLC shed 0.88 percent

Experian PLC shed 0.84 percent

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