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FTSE 100 higher after Christmas break | |
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(Noon): Shares in London are treading water on the first day of trading since Christmas amid thin volumes despite strong gains elsewhere in Europe. | |
The benchmark FTSE 100 index was 14.11 points higher at 6268.75. | |
Hikma Pharmaceuticals remained the biggest gainer up 3.55% at 2331p. Meanwhile, shares in Housebuilders Taylor Wimpey, Berkeley Group and Persimmon were all up more than 2%. | |
The biggest faller was mining giant Anglo American, down almost 7.5%. | |
It comes amid ongoing weaknesses in the commodities sector, and follows Anglo's sale of a shuttered Australian mine for A$25m (£12.2m; $18m) on Thursday. | It comes amid ongoing weaknesses in the commodities sector, and follows Anglo's sale of a shuttered Australian mine for A$25m (£12.2m; $18m) on Thursday. |
Also down were commodities trading firm Glencore and Chilean miner Antofagasta, down 0.7% and 2.6% respectively on continuing worries over China's economic slowdown. | |
Shares in insurers were lower with warnings of more disruption in Cumbria and southern and central Scotland as Storm Frank threatens to bring more misery to flood-hit communities in the north. | |
RSA Group was 1.4% lower at 424.80p while Aviva was 0.19% lower at 518p. | |
Elsewhere, European shares were trading more strongly with Germany's Dax up 1.4% at 10802 and France's Cac-40 1.2% higher at 4676. | |
On the currency markets, the pound fell 0.57% against the euro to €1.352 and 0.56% against the dollar to $1.482. |