THE FTSE 100 Index ended the day up 1.5 points at 5864.6.
Shares in Resolution performed strongly, closing 2.8% higher at 308.3p after it announced a share repurchase programme, returning £500m to shareholders.
The company confirmed its continued focus on its UK Life Project, involving the integration of three previous purchases, Bupa Health Assurance, AXA UK life business and Friends Provident.
The worst performing stock within the FTSE 100 Index was Whitbread, with the shares falling by 1.8% to close at 1552p.
Within the North Index, shares in Brulines closed 0.5% higher at 91.5p after the group announced its full year results. The company reported that total revenue had increased by 22% to £24.3m.
However, turnover in the leisure division, which supplies beer dispensing monitoring systems to pubs, decreased from £19.3m to £18.2m.
761 new beer flow monitoring systems were installed during the year, of which 677 were higher value iDraught systems which monitor both the volume and quality of beer served. The group reported operating profit of £3.9m – down from £5.1m in 2010 – with profit margins reduced by recent acquisitions.
The company has diversified operations including a vending machines business and has enhanced its Fuel Solutions division with three acquisitions. The company aims to grow its vending operations on an international basis and also intends to change its name to Vianet, reflecting its transformation to a data monitoring company.
Opsec Security Group, a supplier of anti-counterfeiting technologies also announced full year results. The company reported a pre-tax profit of £1.21m – versus a loss in 2010 – and group revenue up 15% to £40.4m. Its shares closed 0.5% lower at 48.25p.
