Stocks hold onto gains ahead of US inflation data
Stocks price in London were higher at midday on Thursday as rising oil prices and developments in China helped lift blue-chip oil majors and miners.The pound weakened against the dollar, meanwhile, ahead of a key US inflation print, due out at 1330 BST.The FTSE 100 index added 55.55 points, 0.7%, at 7,675.58. The FTSE 250 surged 196.84 points, 1.1%, at 18,073.08, and the AIM All-Share climbed 2.26