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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Business
Jeremy Cutler

Buoyant miners fail to fire lacklustre FTSE 100

The FTSE 100 edged lower on Wednesday, despite strong gains in mining stocks and some brighter economic data.

“Miners did their best to prop up the FTSE 100, but opposing forces from the banking, pharma and utility sectors were too great to keep the index in positive territory,” said Dan Coatsworth, head of markets at AJ Bell.

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