London midday: Stocks edge up as pound slips back against dollar; payrolls eyed

London stocks managed to tick higher by midday on Friday as investors digested mixed economic news and awaited the release of US payrolls data, with the pound giving back early gains on the dollar fuelled by the breakthrough in Brexit talks. The FTSE 100 was up 0.3% to 7,344.61, while the pound held its own against the euro, gaining 0.3% to 1.1479, having hit a six-month high of 1.1510 earlier. However, sterling lost steam to trade flat against the dollar at 1.3468. David Morrison, chief market ...

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