FTSE 100 movers: Miners lead the fall

23rd Feb 2011 14:20

Declining metals prices have pushed Antofagasta, Xstrata and Fresnillo lower. Consumer packaging giant Rexam has been hit by profit-taking even though it grew underlying profit by a bigger than expected 45% in 2010 and expects further progress this year. Profit before tax and exceptional items jumped to £412m on sales up 2% to £4.96bn.RBS and Lloyds are rising ahead of their results on Thursday and Friday respectively. Qatar is apparently interested in investing in the banks. Property shares remain in demand with Land Securities, British Land and Hammerson in the best performers. FTSE 100 - RisersBAE Systems (BA.) 332.20p +1.65%Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY) 67.01p +1.09%Amec (AMEC) 1,140.00p +1.06%Severn Trent (SVT) 1,471.00p +0.89%Land Securities Group (LAND) 741.50p +0.88%British Land Co (BLND) 563.00p +0.81%Sainsbury (J) (SBRY) 379.50p +0.64%Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS) 48.01p +0.61%Hammerson (HMSO) 454.00p +0.60%Marks & Spencer Group (MKS) 352.40p +0.54%FTSE 100 - Fallers Rexam (REX) 352.50p -4.73%Weir Group (WEIR) 1,648.00p -3.17%Antofagasta (ANTO) 1,340.00p -3.11%InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) 1,363.00p -2.99%Carnival (CCL) 2,680.00p -2.90%Xstrata (XTA) 1,373.00p -2.56%Autonomy Corporation (AU.) 1,614.00p -2.54%Fresnillo (FRES) 1,521.00p -2.50%GKN (GKN) 205.00p -2.43%Invensys (ISYS) 342.80p -2.36%