FTSE 100 movers: Miners higher on Chinese growth

13th Sep 2010 16:24

Miners have been pushed higher by investor optimism following strong Chinese growth figures. Chinese industrial production jumped a better than expected 13.9% year-on-year in August, calming fears about the global slowdown. Kazakhmys, Antofagasta and Vedanta are all higher. Banks are among the top risers after a less stringent than feared Basle III decision by the European banking body but none of them are in the top performers.AB Foods expects its underlying results this year to be well ahead of last time as the sugar business recovers but the share price has fallen. Retail clothing business Primark continues to power ahead, but inflation may be a concern next year. FTSE 100 - RisersKazakhmys (KAZ) 1,352.00p +5.21%Wolseley (WOS) 1,448.00p +4.85%Antofagasta (ANTO) 1,158.00p +3.39%Vedanta Resources (VED) 2,103.00p +3.19%Essar Energy (ESSR) 447.10p +3.18%BAE Systems (BA.) 332.90p +3.10%Prudential (PRU) 617.50p +3.00%Legal & General Group (LGEN) 100.60p +2.97%Xstrata (XTA) 1,168.50p +2.91%Anglo American (AAL) 2,578.50p +2.89%FTSE 100 - FallersTUI Travel (TT.) 225.00p -1.75%Associated British Foods (ABF) 1,072.00p -1.47%Imperial Tobacco Group (IMT) 1,932.00p -0.67%Bunzl (BNZL) 749.00p -0.66%Diageo (DGE) 1,091.00p -0.64%Unilever (ULVR) 1,766.00p -0.62%Aggreko (AGK) 1,540.00p -0.58%Centrica (CNA) 341.70p -0.50%British Sky Broadcasting Group (BSY) 714.50p -0.49%Severn Trent (SVT) 1,393.00p -0.43%