Wednesday, April 11, 2007

FTSE dips as miners mixed; oils support

(Reuters) - The FTSE 100 of Britain's leading shares edged down 0.1 percent on Wednesday as mixed news for mining stocks saw the sector feature heavily, while oils also supported.

Anglo-Swiss miner Xstrata tacked on 0.7 percent after it said it was selling its aluminium business to private equity firm Apollo Management for $1.15 billion cash.


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