LONDON (ShareCast) - Miner Rio Tinto (LSE: RIO.L - news) shareholders have taken up 96.97% of the shares offered to them as part of the
miner's $15.2bn fully underwritten rights issue. Major shareholder Chinalco has taken up its entitlement in full. Fresnillo (LSE:
FRES.L -
news) , Anglo American (LSE:
AAL.L -
news) and Lonmin (LSE:
LMI.L -
news) are also lower.
Meanwhile, Sierra Leone-focused miner African Minerals has raised £63.8m ($105m) from a cash placing with institutional investors in North America and the UK.
Only a handful of sectors amongst the risers, with Beverages the best of the lot.
Top performing sectors so far today
Beverages 6,361.74 +0.53%
Electronic & Electrical Equipment 1,254.25 +0.11%
Personal Goods 7,596.37 +0.09%
Technology Hardware & Equipment 260.84 +0.02%
Aeronautics and Defence NULL 0.00%
Bottom performing sectors so far today
Mining 13,908.22 -3.69%
Automobiles & Parts 1,893.64 -3.61%
Forestry & Paper 2,189.28 -2.87%
Media 2,497.21 -2.63%
Aerospace and Defence 2,488.44 -2.32%
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