FTSE 100 movers: Miners unwanted as metals prices drop

23rd Jun 2011 16:14

Miners dominated the fallers of the FTSE 100 on Thursday afternoon as commodity prices took a tumble.Vedanta Resources, ENRC, Kazakhmys and Xstrata are among the top ten worst performers, tracking copper, gold and silver futures lower.Just five stocks are making gains, British Sky Broadcasting being the highest riser. Rupert Murdoch's Newspaper group News Corp's takeover of the satellite broadcaster has moved closer after the regulator Ofcom rubber-stamped the deal. It is now up to culture secretary Jeremy Hunt to review the proposal. He is expected to give it the green light next week. Meanwhile, RBS and Lloyds are unwanted on reports that the government may be giving shares in the part-nationalised banks back to taxpayers.Catering giant Compass Group is lower after announcing that it is acquiring Shing Hin Catering Group from Au-Yeung Kwan for an undisclosed sum, strengthening its existing food services business with the Education and Business & Industry sectors in Hong Kong.---BCFTSE 100 - RisersBritish Sky Broadcasting Group (BSY) 836.50p +0.72%Carnival (CCL) 2,332.00p +0.60%Imperial Tobacco Group (IMT) 2,037.00p +0.34%Shire Plc (SHP) 1,849.00p +0.11%International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (IAG) 242.60p +0.04%Capita Group (CPI) 724.50p 0.00%Associated British Foods (ABF) 1,073.00p 0.00%ARM Holdings (ARM) 566.00p -0.35%Capital Shopping Centres Group (CSCG) 384.30p -0.36%Diageo (DGE) 1,250.00p -0.40%FTSE 100 - FallersVedanta Resources (VED) 1,842.00p -6.35%Glencore International (GLEN) 461.90p -5.73%Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS) 36.65p -5.17%Eurasian Natural Resources Corp. (ENRC) 698.00p -4.71%Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY) 45.22p -3.79%Essar Energy (ESSR) 396.70p -3.64%Barclays (BARC) 243.15p -3.63%Kazakhmys (KAZ) 1,254.00p -3.54%Xstrata (XTA) 1,246.00p -3.37%BG Group (BG.) 1,286.00p -3.34%