FTSE 100 movers: Miners recover

17th Mar 2011 14:18

Mining shares are starting to recover today. Antofagasta and Xstrata are both ahead. Shares in Weir Group are higher after one of its directors, Lord Smith of Kelvin, bought more than £48,000 worth of shares. Legal & General has fallen even though the insurer raised its full year dividend by 24% to 4.75p a share. South African financial services company Investec was hit by an unexpected rise in bad loans by its private bank in 2010-11. The German Cartel Office has fined Unilever, along with Kraft and Dr August Oetker Nahrungsmittel for the exchange of sensitive information. The companies' apparently met and discussed negotiations with retailers. Cairn Energy is lower after it said that it may extend the deadline for Vedanta Resources buying a stake in Cairn Energy.FTSE 100 - Risers Wolseley (WOS) 2,091.00p +4.71%Antofagasta (ANTO) 1,344.00p +4.02%Aviva (AV.) 436.20p +3.56%Weir Group (WEIR) 1,592.00p +3.31%Intertek Group (ITRK) 1,911.00p +3.24%Kingfisher (KGF) 237.80p +3.21%British Land Co (BLND) 551.00p +3.09%ARM Holdings (ARM) 519.50p +3.08%Prudential (PRU) 694.00p +3.04%Xstrata (XTA) 1,368.50p +2.97%FTSE 100 - Fallers Man Group (EMG) 243.10p -2.57%SABMiller (SAB) 1,964.50p -1.01%Legal & General Group (LGEN) 110.20p -0.81%Investec (INVP) 441.30p -0.76%British American Tobacco (BATS) 2,286.50p -0.59%Cairn Energy (CNE) 416.70p -0.57%BAE Systems (BA.) 305.50p -0.29%Centrica (CNA) 316.80p -0.22%Randgold Resources Ltd. (RRS) 4,461.00p +0.02%Unilever (ULVR) 1,797.00p +0.06%