Commodity and banking stocks briefly pushed the FTSE 100 Index past the 5900 mark today before it slipped back again.
The Footsie shrugged off rising tensions in Korea and the ongoing sovereign debt crisis in Europe to close 19 points higher at 5891.6.
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