Commodities raise FTSE

Lonmin rose 214 points, or 6.95%, to 3291p despite a $47m drop in total operating profits, according to the platinum business. Antofagasta rose 41 points, or 5.83%, to 744p. Friends Provident rose 8.3 points, or 5.2%, to 167.8p. HSBC Holdings rose 37 points, or 4.39%, to 879.5p. BP rose 23 points, or 3.95%, to 606p. Sainsbury fell 12.75 points, or 2.99%, to 192.7p despite reporting a 20% rise in profits in its interim results. Vodafone fell three points, or 1.53%, to 192.7p. British Energy Group fell three points, or 0.59%, to 502p. Centrica fell two points, or 0.57%, to 347.5p. R...