FTSE climbs as oil falls

Rio Tinto Group and Imperial Chemical Industries have paced the advance. Rio Tinto, the world's third-biggest mining company, has climbed 68p, or 3.1%, to 2,237p. Imperial Chemical, the UK’s biggest specialty chemical manfacturer, has increased 5p, or 1.7%, to 298.5p. Crude-oil futures have declined as much as 2.4% to $62.65 a barrel in New York. Alexon Group, the operator of Dolcis shoe shops and Envy fashion stores, has slid 15.5p, or 5.6%, to 260p. The company says fiscal first-half profit dropped 34% to £5.41m as consumers reined in their spending. Datamonitor, a market-re...