The FTSE 100 index rose 21.7 points or 0.4% to close at 5,746 points today, rebounding from earlier losses after a healthy start on Wall Street.
Man Group featured among the risers, gaining 3.46% to £24.20, after it said funds under management surged 16% to $49.9bn for the year to March compared with $43bn the previous year. Lloyds TSB also gained 2.38% to 515.5p, on the back of a dinner presentation made to brokers last night. The miners dominated the fallers with Kazakhmys leading the declines, down 3.35% to £10.98. BHP Billiton dropped 2.24% to £10.26, Rio Tinto declined 3.10% to £28.71 and Anglo American fell 2.65% to £20.97. In the US, the Dow Jones Industrial Average has added 32.74 points, or 0.3%, to 11,201.05 points...
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