British stocks finish higher on precious miners boost
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FTSE 100 up 0.7%, FTSE 250 rises 1.4%
Precious metal miners lead broader gains
Barratt Developments falls after forecasting fall in homebuild targets
Updated at 1550 GMT
By Purvi Agarwal and Pranav Kashyap
July 10 (Reuters) - London stocks closed higher on Wednesday thanks to a boost from precious metal miners, while hawkish comments by Bank of England Chief Economist Huw Pill eased bets on an interest rate cut in August.
The blue-chip FTSE 100 index .FTSE closed0.7% higher, afterlogging its worst day in nearly a month on Tuesday.
Also capping gains for the dollar earners wasa rise in thepound GBP=D3 asBoE's Pill focused on strong price pressures in the economy andsaidthe timing of a first interest rate cut was an "open question," addressing a think tank in London.
Investors are now expecting roughly a 50% chance of an initial rate cut in August, down from 62% before Pill's speech.The yield on Britain's two-year gilt hit a session high of 4.125% post the speech.
On Monday, outgoing BoE Monetary Policy Committee member Jonathan Haskel said he was not yet ready to vote for rate cuts. Catherine Mann, another external MPC member, is due to speak at 1630 GMT.
Investors are also looking to Britain's GDP numbers due on Thursday.
The domestically-focused FTSE 250 index .FTMC jumped1.4%, led bySSP Group's 10.4% rise after the restaurant operator stuck to its fiscal year forecasts.
Travel and leisure stocks .FTNMX405010 rose 2%, also boosted by SSP Group.
Precious metal miners .FTNMX551030 advanced3.2% as gold prices steadied ahead of a crucial U.S. inflation report later this week. GOL/
Travis Perkins TPK.L climbed 7.1% after the construction firm named Pete Redfern as its next CEO.
IAG ICAG.L gained3% after Morgan Stanley upgraded the British Airways owner to "Overweight" from "Underweight".
Reporting by Purvi Agarwal, Roshan Abraham and Pranav Kashyap in Bengaluru; editing by Rashmi Aich and Mark Heinrich
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