The Footsie has closed higher after another turbulent day.
The FTSE 100 Index of leading shares closed 27.4 points ahead at 4021.9, the first time it has finished higher since July 5.
The finish is also an improvement on Monday's 229.6-point slide, which took the top flight to levels not seen since December 1996.
But the session was a bumpy one, with the FTSE 100 at one point surging ahead only to then slump heavily back into the red.
Rising stocks include P&O Princess Cruises up 37p at 390p and Aviva up 37p at 412p.
A number of defensive stocks were lower at the end of the session.
They included Marks & Spencer, down 15¾p at 334¼p, Safeway off 9¾p at 226¼p and B&Q-to-Comet group Kingfisher, off 8p at 190p.
GlaxoSmithKline earlier put pressure on the Footsie because of worries about generic competition to its antibiotic Augmentin. However, shares recovered to close 28p down at £11.47.
Shell also added to yesterday's losses, falling 3½p to 411½p, although rival BP improved 7½p to 470p.
British Airways, which was met by a clutch of different groups unhappy with its policies at its annual general meeting today in London, also lost early gains, falling 5¼p to 147¾p.