Enterprise helps lift FTSE

The pub company is up 31.00 at 395.00 following the announcement it is trading in a similar way to last year. Mining groups also helped boost the index with Vedanta Resources, Antofagasta, Anglo American and BHP Billiton in the list of top five winners this morning on the back of strong metal prices. However, retailers have had a bad start to the day with Sainsbury down 8.25, next falling 27.00 and Marks & Spencer down 7.75. British Airways also slumped, down 4.50 at 242.75. Meanwhile, the US markets closed down last night with the S&P500 falling 15 to 1,325 as a result of a weaker pe...