The FTSE 100 Index added 96.30 points, or 1.7%, to 5,778 points today, driven by a surge on Wall Street.
Sugar giant Tate & Lyle rose 2.86% to 647p after it said it had made a strong start to the year with first quarter results "well ahead" of the same period the year before. Rio Tinto advanced 4.67% to 2,780p after announcing a record share of iron ore production for the last quarter as its Australian operations recovered. Lonmin rose 4.98% to 2,805p, BHP Billiton gained 4.10% to 1,041p and Anglo American advanced 4.69% to 2,187p. Inter dealer broker ICAP was up 4.29% to 479.75p after it said that while the stock market may have suffered in recent months, the volatility has been a boom ...
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