The FTSE 100 Index fought-back from Monday’s hefty falls despite another punishing session in Asia amid global economy fears.
Japan’s market plummeted 5.4% as the threat of a prolonged slowdown in China and the falling oil price continued to spook investors.
London’s top flight was up 37.5 to 5726.3 as the market rallied back after a 2.7% tumble in the previous session when concerns over global growth hit banking stocks.
In stocks, holiday operator TUI Group saw its shares fall 17p to 1081p as holidaymakers shunned Turkey in the face of terrorist attacks and continued fighting in Syria.
The company said holidays to Turkey were currently down by 40%.
But TUI chief executive Friedrich Joussen said hotels in Spain and the Canaries were benefitting from a shift in demand away from Turkey.
It stuck by guidance for underlying annual profit growth of at least 10%.
London miners also fell following price target cuts in the sector by Goldman Sachs, UBS, Deutsche Bank and HSBC.
Antofagasta fell 28p to 425.7p, Rio Tinto dropped 66p to 1,774p, while Glencore edged down 1.6p to 101.5p