Miners rebounded from yesterday's falls to lead the way in early trading this morning, driving the FTSE 100 up 22.3 points (0.4%) to 5,784.
Xstrata was up 2% at £12.86, after falling 1.6% yesterday on retreating commodity prices. Kazakhmys climbed 1.5% to £15.50, after declining 3.2% yesterday after the spot price for copper declined from a 20-month high. Eurasian Natural Resources was also up this morning, 1.6% higher to £12.16. Miners were also weaker yesterday on negative broker comments, disappointing first quarter results from US aluminium producer Alcoa and concerns over an easing of Chinese demand for raw material. The FTSE's fallers this morning included a number of companies moving ex-dividend. Legal & Gen...
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