FTSE 100 movers: Miners on the march

23rd Dec 2009 12:27

Miners are among the top risers, including Rio Tinto, which has accepted a $2.025bn offer for its Alcan Packaging pharmaceutical, tobacco and food divisions from the packaging group Amcor as it continues its programme of asset sales to ease its debt pile.Kazakh pair ENRC and Kazakhmys are the top risers in the sector.Banks are also going well, with Standard Chartered, HSBC and Barclays in the top 10, but the Santa rally is leaving behind defensive stocks such as water groups United Utilities and Severn Trent.FTSE 100 - RisersEurasian Natural Resources (ENRC) 896.00p +3.23%British American Tobacco (BATS) 2,022.50p +2.82%Kazakhmys (KAZ) 1,281.00p +2.81%Standard Chartered (STAN) 1,585.00p +2.46%Schroders NV (SDRC) 1,059.00p +2.42%HSBC Holdings (HSBA) 719.80p +2.38%Xstrata (XTA) 1,064.00p +2.11%Rio Tinto (RIO) 3,281.50p +2.04%Barclays (BARC) 278.00p +2.04%Vedanta Resources (VED) 2,499.00p +1.96%FTSE 100 - FallersBT Group (BT.A) 138.00p -2.68%United Utilities Group (UU.) 494.70p -1.55%Cairn Energy (CNE) 334.70p -1.27%Liberty International (LII) 489.70p -1.19%Severn Trent (SVT) 1,074.00p -1.01%International Power (IPR) 304.70p -0.94%Thomas Cook Group (TCG) 227.20p -0.74%Sainsbury (J) (SBRY) 318.80p -0.56%Admiral Group (ADM) 1,155.00p -0.52%Home Retail Group (HOME) 283.50p -0.49%