Tariff delay lifts FTSE 100, layoff plan boosts BAT

(Reuters) - London's blue-chip index touched a more than one-month high on Thursday as a two-week U.S. tariff reprieve on Chinese imports lifted investor sentiment and tobacco giant BAT jumped on plans to cut 2,300 jobs. The FTSE 100 index rose 0.4%, boosted by heavyweight miners such as Glencore and Anglo American after U.S. President Donald Trump agreed to delay increasing tariffs on $250 billion worth of Chinese imports.The mid-cap index added 0.2% by 0809 GMT to scale its highest level..