Miners fail to keep FTSE down

Reckitt Benckiser posted the biggest gains with a rise of 5.64% to £23.24, after raising its full year net revenue growth target to 17% from 15%, closely followed by Reuters Group which climbed 2.49% to 453p. Tate & Lyle performed well with a rise of 2.32% to 772p, closely followed by WPP which climbed 2.01% to 683.5p, while Kingfisher added 1.76% to 260p, although gains were limited by Hammerson which fell 1.28% to £13.15. Energy stocks were the biggest drag on the index with British Energy Group falling 3.54% to 422p, following uncertainty over the duration of outages at two plants ...