FTSE stumbles, but not from the beer

The blue chip FTSE index is down almost 3 points to 60.13.7 in early trading, and the FTSE All-Share index has dropped less than 1% to 3065.8 as BHP Billiton’s share value has been hit by the fall in copper prices from its all-time high. BHP Billiton, now the world's largest mining company, lost 1.6% to £11.37. GUS, the high street catalogue retail store and caedit information company, has also seen its price fall 1.6% to £11.37 pence as the firm reported its second-half sales were kept afloat by Experian, the credit checking company, rather than through its Argos stores. In contrast, the...