The FTSE 100 has ended the day down 55.2 points, or 0.86%, to 6,357.1 as miners offset gains by financial stocks.
Alliance & Leicester posted the biggest gains with a rise of 7.79% to £11.49, after its results revealed a healthy rise in profit and an increase in mortgage and unsecured lending. Meanwhile Amvescap climbed 1.73% to 646.5p, closely followed by insurer Old Mutual which gained 1.1% to 183.75p, while Imperial Tobacco Group added 1.85% to £22, and Shire advanced 0.9% to £11.25. However miners wiped out the gains with Anglo American leading the decline with a fall of 2.54% to £25.36, closely followed by Antofagasta which slipped 1.87% to 473p, while Vodafone dropped 2.33% to 147p, and Glaxo...
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