Morning Markets: FTSE boosted by surging miners

Miners were leading the FTSE 100 this morning as higher commodity prices continued to boost performa...

Miners were leading the FTSE 100 this morning as higher commodity prices continued to boost performance. The benchmark blue-chip index had jumped 65.90 points (1.5%) to 4470.69 by 8:30a.m. Stocks leading the pack were Kazakhmys, an international mining company, and copper producer Antofagasta. Kazakhmys was up 5.18% to 731p, while the latter jumped 4.62% to 679p. Companies falling included aerospace company Cobham, which slipped marginally by 0.29% to 169p, and BAE Systems, which fell 0.15% to 329p. In Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 leapt to an eight-month high on Wednesday. The benchmar...