Miners give FTSE boost

Drug developer Shire climbed 14.94% to £10.08 after it announced it had received an approval letter from the US Food and Drug administration for their new attention deficit drug NRP104. Miners also performed well with Lonmin up 4.92% to £26.02, closely followed by Kazakhmys which added 4.69% to £11.39, while Vedanta Resources climbed 4.46% to £12.65 as metal prices rose, while Severn Trent also gained 4.59% to £14.82, after its waste management arm Biffa, demerged from the group today. On the down side Partygaming was the biggest drag on the index with a drop of 6.02% to 39p, which foll...