The FTSE 100 was continuing to trade more or less flat on Wednesday morning despite economic data from the UK and Eurozone coming in ahead of expectations."The equity market continues to trade within its recent range this morning as volumes bounce along the bottom and traders struggle for motivation to push the market beyond its recent highs," said Alex Young, Senior Sales Trader at CMC Markets.The UK unemployment rate remained unchanged at 7.8% in June as expected, but jobless benefit claims declined more than anticipated in July by 29,200, the Office for National Statistics said. Analysts were expecting a fall of just 15,000. The number of jobless claims has now fallen for nine consecutive months, taking the rate to its lowest in more than four years.Meanwhile, Eurozone gross domestic product (GDP) figures showed that the single-currency region exited a recession in the second quarter by expanding 0.3%, ahead of the 0.2% forecast. A 'beat' was widely expected after GDP data from the euro area's two-largest nations, Germany and France, came in ahead of estimates earlier this morning.Minutes from the latest Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting were also released today, showing that while members voted unanimously on policy they were divided on the decision to give forward guidance."The fact that the minutes of this month's MPC meeting show that one member (Martin Weale) voted against the decision to implement forward guidance will hardly help to reassure the markets about how firm the MPC's commitment is," said Vicky Redwood, Chief UK Economist at Capital Economics.Trader will also still be digesting comments from Dennis Lockhart, the President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, who sparked gains on Wall Street last night after downplaying fears of a premature withdrawal of stimulus in the States. Lockhart, a non-voting member of the Fed, said that the economy's "uneven performance" makes it hard to determine whether the central bank should begin to taper quantitative easing at its next meeting in September.FTSE 100: Miners mixed, Barclays FD steps down earlyENRC fell as it reported a decline in revenue after trading was hit by poor pricing environment, higher finance costs, increased effective tax rate and impairments at Boss Mining. Sector peers Rio Tinto and Anglo American were also lower this morning. Glencore Xstrata however was higher after reporting a 20% increase in copper production in the first half to 673,400 ounces. Precious metals group Fresnillo meanwhile continued to extend recent gains. Barclays gained despite confirming reports Financial Director Chris Lucas will step down this week for health reasons. Lucas was due to depart the company on February 28th 2014 but said he had to bring the date forward.Pharmaceutical group GlaxoSmithKline was a high riser today after JPMorgan Cazenove raised its recommendation on the shares to 'neutral'. The broker said that the upside from upcoming catalysts balances out earnings risk.Comments from Nomura and Deutsche Bank were helping the share price of IAG this morning. Nomura said the company shows the "best restructuring momentum" in the European airline sector, while Deutsche Bank said that while the blocked US Airlines-AMR merger is negative for IAG, it shouldn't affect profit targets.Oil major Shell was trading lower after going ex-dividend, though downside was limited after Barclays Capital upgraded its rating on the stock to 'overweight' saying that it remains "our preferred 'MegaCap' stock". Beverage groups Diageo and SABMiller were also down after going ex-dividend today.FTSE 100 - RisersTate & Lyle (TATE) 840.00p +1.88%Fresnillo (FRES) 1,186.00p +1.80%Weir Group (WEIR) 2,277.00p +1.29%Admiral Group (ADM) 1,273.00p +1.27%ARM Holdings (ARM) 902.50p +1.23%Imperial Tobacco Group (IMT) 2,154.00p +1.22%Old Mutual (OML) 198.50p +1.22%Glencore Xstrata (GLEN) 311.05p +1.17%Schroders (SDR) 2,454.00p +1.15%GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) 1,696.50p +0.98%FTSE 100 - FallersPersimmon (PSN) 1,190.00p -3.02%Eurasian Natural Resources Corp. (ENRC) 230.40p -2.58%Rio Tinto (RIO) 3,189.50p -2.25%AstraZeneca (AZN) 3,255.00p -1.71%Rexam (REX) 506.50p -1.65%GKN (GKN) 347.70p -1.56%easyJet (EZJ) 1,324.00p -1.49%Anglo American (AAL) 1,551.00p -1.37%Pearson (PSON) 1,329.00p -1.34%Marks & Spencer Group (MKS) 467.40p -1.10%FTSE 250 - RisersRentokil Initial (RTO) 104.40p +7.57%Bank of Georgia Holdings (BGEO) 1,896.00p +5.92%Imagination Technologies Group (IMG) 259.40p +4.39%Dechra Pharmaceuticals (DPH) 698.00p +3.87%Interserve (IRV) 555.50p +3.83%Synthomer (SYNT) 223.70p +3.81%Dialight (DIA) 1,307.00p +3.24%Henderson Group (HGG) 177.80p +2.72%BH Global Ltd. 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