GKN climbed to the top spot after saying that a good performance by its automotive business fuelled 6% higher profits at the engineering group in the first half to £296m. However, a strong pound saw sales fall 1%.High street giant Next rose after lifting its sales and profit guidance for the full year after a strong first half. Packaging and paper group Mondi gained after it also said its bottom line is expected to beat forecasts this year.Emerging-markets bank Standard Chartered was in demand after JPMorgan Cazenove upgraded the stock from 'neutral' to 'overweight' after a "material underperformance" in the shares as of late.Wealth manager St James's Place was in the red despite a seemingly strong first half as it hiked its interim dividend by 40% and posted record funds under management. Analysts at Panmure Gordon highlighted that the company missed consensus estimated with its pre-tax IFRS operating profit.Oil major BP was lower even though it registered a 34% jump in second-quarter profits, as it said that further sanctions imposed on Russia "could have a material adverse impact" on its business and corporate relationships.FTSE 100 - RisersGKN (GKN) 371.70p +8.34%Next (NXT) 6,710.00p +2.91%Hargreaves Lansdown (HL.) 1,077.00p +2.87%Standard Chartered (STAN) 1,253.00p +2.49%Hammerson (HMSO) 610.00p +2.43%CRH (CRH) 1,467.00p +2.23%Intu Properties (INTU) 326.00p +1.97%Travis Perkins (TPK) 1,650.00p +1.85%Aggreko (AGK) 1,789.00p +1.82%Mondi (MNDI) 1,079.00p +1.79%FTSE 100 - FallerseasyJet (EZJ) 1,313.00p -2.31%St James's Place (STJ) 774.00p -2.03%BP (BP.) 488.10p -1.76%British Sky Broadcasting Group (BSY) 890.00p -1.60%Royal Mail (RMG) 425.20p -1.12%Petrofac Ltd. (PFC) 1,114.00p -1.07%ITV (ITV) 204.40p -0.68%AstraZeneca (AZN) 4,333.50p -0.63%Admiral Group (ADM) 1,472.00p -0.61%Pearson (PSON) 1,148.00p -0.43%NR