London stocks were still a little higher by midday on Thursday as the Bank of England stood pat on rates, as expected, with updates from RBS and Next helping to keep the top-flight index afloat as BT disappointed. The FTSE 100 was up 0.2% to 7,675.72 after the BoE voted 7-2 to keep interest rates unchanged at 0.5% and downgraded its outlook for GDP growth and inflation. Ian McCafferty and Michael Saunders were the two dissenters. Sterling was down 0.3% against the euro at 1.1392 and 0.1% lower ...Den vollständigen Artikel lesen ...