FTSE almost at five-year high

BRITAIN’S FTSE 100 index scored a fresh near five-year closing high yesterday boosted by mining stocks as the copper price jumped, while takeover talk elsewhere continued to bubble.

Miners Kazakhmys and Antofagasta climbed 5% as the copper price jumped to four-and-half-week highs. The FTSE closed at 5965.1, up 14.5.