LONDON (ShareCast) - Miners have run into more prpfit taking following very weak US jobs numbers. Rio Tinto (LSE: RIO.L - news) , BHP
Billiton (LSE: BLT.L - news) and Anglo American (LSE: AAL.L - news) lead the sector lower on fears that the US economy is struggling to turn around.
US job losses showed unemployment rising to 9.5%, while the number of people losing their jobs rose to 467,000.
Petrofac (LSE: PFC.L - news) is one of the few risers on the award of a gas compression project worth in excess of $350m from Petroleum Development Oman.
FTSE 100 - Risers
Friends Provident Group (FP.) 68.68p +1.04%
Diageo (LSE: DGE.L - news) (DGE) 900.50p +0.39%
Petrofac Ltd (PFC) 681.50p +0.29%
FTSE 100 - Fallers
WPP Group (WPP (LSE: WPP.L - news) ) 384.25p -7.07%
Rio Tinto (RIO) 2,033.00p -5.79%
Anglo American (AAL) 1,729.50p -5.62%
3i Group (III) 228.00p -5.39%
Antofagasta (LSE: ANTO.L - news) (ANTO) 593.00p -5.04%
BHP Billiton (BLT) 1,358.50p -4.67%
Schroders (LSE: SDR.L - news) (SDR) 812.50p -4.58%
Lonmin (LSE: LMI.L - news) (LMI) 1,163.00p -4.52%
Fresnillo (LSE: FRES.L - news) (FRES) 514.50p -4.46%
London Stock Exchange Group (LSE) 672.50p -4.20%
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