Stocks drift into the red at midday
Stocks in Europe were mixed at Wednesday midday as all eyes turn towards policy meeting minutes from the US Federal Reserve, amid a prospect of further US sanctions on Russian energy after the Kremlin rebuffed a call from Ukraine for a three-way meeting with Donald Trump. The FTSE 100 index was down 12.43 points, 0.1%, at 8,765.62. The FTSE 250 was up 39.62 points, 0.2%, at...