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* FTSE 100, FTSE 250 up 0.2%
* BP boosts main index as Q2 profit beats
* Centrica tanks to lowest since Aug. 1998
* Reckitt slips after forecast cut
July 30 (Reuters) - A surge in oil major BP offset steeplosses in consumer goods giant Reckitt Benckiser and energyutility Centrica and lifted London's FTSE 100 to a fresh11-month high on Tuesday.
The main index added 0.2%, with BP providingthe biggest boost to the index after the company'ssecond-quarter profit topped estimates. The mid-cap FTSE 250also rose 0.2% by 0707 GMT.
British Gas parent Centrica sank 10.1% to its lowestlevel in more than two decades as it slashed its dividend andsaid its chief executive would step down.
Reckitt lost 5.3% after the maker of Durex condom andLysol disinfectant cut its full-year revenue view and said aslowdown in demand for infant formula in the United States andChina had hit second-quarter sales.(Reporting by Shashwat Awasthi in BengaluruEditing by Saumyadeb Chakrabarty)