FTSE boosted by surging miners

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Miners were leading the FTSE 100 this morning as higher commodity prices continued to boost performance.

The benchmark blue-chip index had jumped 65.90 points (1.5%) to 4470.69 by 8:30a.m. Stocks leading the pack were Kazakhmys, an international mining company, and copper producer Antofagasta. Kazakhmys was up 5.18% to 731p, while the latter jumped 4.62% to 679p. Companies falling included aerospace company Cobham, which slipped marginally by 0.29% to 169p, and BAE Systems, which fell 0.15% to 329p. In Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 leapt to an eight-month high on Wednesday. The benchmark index gained 170.63 points (1.7%) to sit at 9,957.45, helping investors envisage its possibility of reach...

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