London’s markets were higher Thursday, although the FTSE 100 only managed a gain of 0.01 percent to 6,196.9.
The FTSE 250, meanwhile, added 0.32 percent to 10,945.7.
Property developers and house builders had a bad day on the 100.
House builder Persimmon dropped 2.30 percent to £12.23 after ABN Amro (Euronext: AAB; NYSE: ABN) reduced its target share price from £17.20 to £15.30.
Among developers, British Land (LSE: BLND) fell 2.18 percent to £12.58 while SEGRO (LSE: SGRO) was 2.4 percent lower to 529p.
Hammerson (LSE: HMSO) was the worst performer on the 100, dropping 2.45 percent to £12.75.
However, in a related sector WSP Group (LSE: WSH), which specializes in construction management, engineering, and consulting, added 3.13 percent to 676.5p.
Brewer SABMiller (LSE: SAB) was 2.78 percent higher to £12.94.
Investment manager Schroders (LSE: SDR.L) had the best day on the 100 with a gain of 4.22 percent to £13.34, while its non-voting shares (LSE: SDRt.L) added 3.32 percent to £11.53.
Among banks, Northern Rock (LSE: NRK) was up 3.98 percent to 757p.
Other banks seeing gains included Alliance & Leicester (LSE: AL), which added 0.19 percent to £10.61. Lloyds TSB (LSE: LLOY) gained 0.27 percent to 553.5p, while HBOS (LSE: HBOS) was 2.05 percent higher to 898p.