London's FTSE 100 rises as Shell boosts energy stocks

(For a Reuters live blog on US, UK and European ​stock markets, click or type LIVE/ in a ​news window) Oct 29 - London's blue-chip ‌index rose ​on Thursday, supported by gains in the energy sector, while investors awaited crucial inflation data in the US to gauge the Federal Reserve's monetary ‌policy.

The blue-chip FTSE 100 index rose 0.3% to 10,782.19 points by 1004 GMT, while the midcap FTSE 250 also climbed 0.3%.