Then came well received production figures from Rio Tinto, up 150p at £29.98, and Mexican silver producer Fresnillo, 13p better at 850.5p.
Back with financials, Legal and General edged up 0.9p to 78p after well received nine month figures, but Aviva fell 9.8p to 379.3p after news that the flotation of its Dutch business Delta Lloyd has been priced at the lower end of the expected range because of continuing economic worries.
The department's functions might, the authors suggest, be distributed to an expanded prime minister's office, a stronger business department and a dedicated finance ministry.A plan to dismantle the Treasury was pitched to and well received by senior Labour figures at a private seminar last winter.
What has been aptly termed "Brocchi's analogy" (Pancaldi 1991), together with Brocchi's wider contribution to science, is contained in Subapennine Fossil Conchology published in 1814, a book instantly well received by key figures in the history of geology (Pancaldi 1991; Rudwick 2005, 2008).
Espinal said he thinks the bill was so well received because notable figures have already opened up a national conversation around the issue.
The book has been well received, garnering praise from figures such as Bill Gates and topping selected best-seller categories at the Amazon and Barnes & Noble websites.
The announcement that Apple would stop supporting the Boot Camp beta some time after Leopard came out was not well received, but once people figured out it didn't mean their partition was going to self-destruct, they seemed okay with it.
The cable added that "so far, the U.S. willingness to take a tough line in opposition to Russian actions and in support of Georgia has been well received here, but some key figures are asking if the west is fully prepared to deal with a resurgent Russia".
But BP's figures were less well received, and its shares fell 12.15p to 463.25p.
Uptake figures so far suggest that the vaccine is generally well received, but details of ethnic variation in these figures are still being awaited.
