The FTSE 100 is up 12.5 points, or 0.21%, to 5,949.6, as oil fell to the lowest price in seven months, although miners are posting the biggest losses.
Brambles Industries is off to a good start with a rise of 3.72% to 501.5p, closely followed by Vodafone which is up 3.07% to 126p, while British Airways is up 2.76% to 446.25p as oil prices went lower. But mining firms are the biggest losers with BHP Billiton down 3.28% to 884p, closely followed by Rio Tinto which has dropped 3.27% to £23.99, while Anglo American has slipped 2.91% to £21.69 and Kazakhmys is down 2.8% to £10.77. Partygaming is continuing to fall with a drop of 3.07% to 39.5p, after it decided to suspend its interim dividend yesterday after news the US is to pass anti-g...
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