11 February 2021 | 16:57pm
StockMarketWire.com - UK stocks drifted lower on Thursday afternoon dragged down by banking and oil and gas shares.
At 16:30 the FTSE 100 of leading shares was up 0.1% at 6,528 points.
Mobile games company Gaming Realms said expected a record month in December to boost its annual results. The shares reacted positively, gaining 6.5% to 36.20p.
Consumer Packaged Goods Coca-Cola HBC AG raised its dividend despite reporting a fall in annual profit on lower volumes amid Covid-19 disruptions in across its markets.
For the full year ended 31 December 2020, pre-tax profit fell to €593.9 million from €661.2 million year-on-year as sales declined 13.4% to €1.17 billion. The shares gained 4.7% to £23.65.