Shares at Enterprise Inns and JD Wetherspoon rose after analysts upgraded their ratings on the pub companies.
Enterprise saw shares up 4.1% to 94.75p after Charles Stanley upgraded the group to "buy" from "hold".
Wetherspoon shares increased 3.4% to 460p as the broker upgraded it to "add" from "hold".
Shares in Punch Taverns, on the other hand, fell 5.2% to 81p as the effects of the recent bear squeeze began to wear off.
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