LONDON MARKET MIDDAY: Inflation fears persist ahead of US Fed minutes Wed, 19th May 2021 12:18 (Alliance News) - Stock prices in London were lower at midday on Wednesday as an uptick in UK and eurozone consumer prices heightened inflation concerns, while attention turns to the release in the evening of the minutes of the latest US Federal Reserve policy meeting. The FTSE 100 index was down 77.20 points, or 1.1%, at 6,957.04. The mid-cap FTSE 250 index was down 107.84 points, or 0.5%, at 22,224.96. The AIM All-Share index was down 0.3% at 1,235.49. The Cboe UK 100 index was down 1.2% at 694.60. The Cboe 250 was down 0.5% at19,996.59, and the Cboe Small Companies down 0.7% at 1,230.84.