The FTSE 100 has ended the day slightly up with a rise of 0.8 points, or 0.01%, to 6,073.5, as miners recovered from a bad start.
Vedanta Resources posted the biggest gains with a rise of 3.53% to £13.20, closely followed by SABMiller which added 2.17% to £10.35, while Kingfisher climbed 1.74% to 262.5p. British Sky Broadcasting also performed well with a rise of 1.64% to 558p, while BT added 1.53% to 266.25p, although gains were limited by Standard Chartered bank which dropped 1.46% to £14.13. ICAP was the biggest drag on the index with a drop of 2.49% to 518p, closely followed by Drax which fell 2.46% to 792p, while Brambles Industries slipped 1.95% to 490.25p, and Sainsburys dropped 1.66% to 384.5p. In the US...
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