FTSE 100 movers: Oil and metals stocks edge rise higher

13th May 2011 15:34

Commodity price-sensitive stocks were wanted today, as the prices of precious metals and oil recovered from the recent sell-off.Oil services group Petrofac is higher after saying it is "increasingly confident" that it will deliver profit growth in line with previous guidance after a strong performance so far this year. Miners Fresnillo, Kazakhmys and Anglo American are in demand.Scottish & Southern Energy and ITV are among the worst performing stocks.Retailers Marks & Spencer and Next are also on the decline, as are insurers Prudential and Aviva.---BCFTSE 100 - RisersPetrofac Ltd. (PFC) 1,493.00p +3.04%Whitbread (WTB) 1,675.00p +2.57%Autonomy Corporation (AU.) 1,746.00p +2.17%Aggreko (AGK) 1,815.00p +2.08%Capita Group (CPI) 732.50p +2.02%Serco Group (SRP) 567.00p +1.89%Weir Group (WEIR) 1,927.00p +1.64%Fresnillo (FRES) 1,325.00p +1.61%Sainsbury (J) (SBRY) 361.00p +1.60%TUI Travel (TT.) 250.80p +1.54%FTSE 100 - FallersScottish & Southern Energy (SSE) 1,336.00p -2.34%ITV (ITV) 70.00p -2.10%Next (NXT) 2,277.00p -1.94%Barclays (BARC) 273.50p -1.65%Investec (INVP) 466.10p -1.63%Schroders (Non-Voting) (SDRC) 1,376.00p -1.50%Prudential (PRU) 737.50p -1.47%International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (IAG) 243.30p -1.34%Aviva (AV.) 436.60p -1.33%Marks & Spencer Group (MKS) 397.50p -1.17%