Cleaning firm helps FTSE sparkle

It was helped by excellent days for cleaning firm Reckitt Benckiser, which finished up 147 points, or 5.59% on £27.75, and investment firm AMVESCAP, up 24 points, 4.16%, to 601p. Digital forensic firm Detica Group, up 2.71%, drugs group Shire, up 1.98%, and Resolution, up 1.89%, also boosted market performance. However poor days for mining firm Xstrata and cash management specialists Experian held back what could have been a much stronger day for the FTSE. Xstrata finished down 54 points, or 2%, to close on £26.48, while Experian dropped 9.5 points, or 1.65% to finish on 567.5p The ...