The FTSE100 is ahead this morning as mining stocks fill four of the top five positions in early trading, the index is currently 17.40 points (0.28%) up to 6215.50.
Confectionary giant Cadbury is leading the way so far, up 3.3% to 704. Anglo American and Rio Tinto are the best of the miners, both up 2.7% to 3610 and 6820 respectively. Xstrata is not too far behind, up 2.59% to 4244; while BHP Billiton has put aside its recent troubles, up 2.52% to 2118. The London Stock Exchange Group is being punished despite recording an operating profit rise, it is down 5.7% to 1026. Rolls-Royce is also struggling, down 2.61% to 400; while Barclays is the worst of a poor financials sector, 2.26% to 389. In New York, Wall Street slid on the gloomy growth and in...
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