FTSE 100 steady at open, Barclays falls

London's FTSE 100 was flat on Thursday as weakness in financial stocks on the back of a glum annual earnings report from Barclays offset gains in mining stocks, while Indivior fell after a decline in annual revenue, Reuters reports.

The commodity-heavy FTSE 100 was flat, with miners Anglo American, Rio Tinto and BHP Group leading gains.

Healthcare stocks led declines, with GlaxoSmithKline shedding 1.8 percent Barclays fell by 0.9 percent after the lender's 2020 annual profit halved.