Industry News

LONDON (ShareCast) - Footsie (news) remains firmly in the red as miners slip back as metal prices fall amid worries over global demand for raw materials.

Xtrata, Rio Tinto (LSE: RIO.L - news) , Lonmin (LSE: LMI.L - news) and Fresnillo (LSE: FRES.L - news) are among the worst affected miners. Oil and related businesses are also down with Wood Group and Wellstream both off the pace.

Budget airline easyJet carried 0.8% more passengers in June than the same time last year, although the load factor eased 0.6% to 86.3%. The increase wasn't as impressive as May's 1.8% jump, but the carrier still ferried almost 4.15m people around last month. Passenger numbers for the past 12 months are up 7.9% year on year.

Price comparison web site Moneysupermarket (LSE: MONY.L - news) .com is trading in line with expectations, with little change in performance levels since the company's statement in April. The company said in April that trading had stabilised after a sharp drop in revenues in the first quarter.

JJB Sports (LSE: JJB.L - news) is looking at raising up to £50m, including a possible share issue. It's mulling the sale of further non-core assets, an extension in the maturity date of its working capital facility beyond September 2010, and a possible placing and open offer.

Digital TV set-top box maker Pace (LSE: PIC.L - news) is delivering the strong operating performance expected by the board. It said in April that it was seeing increased demand across many of the group's global markets, with the firm increasingly becoming the supplier of choice for many of its payTV operator customers.

Housing repairs group Mears said the level of opportunities for its social housing division have never been higher after the group bagged three new contracts. The group's social housing division has been awarded £64m of new contracts, with options for a further £20m.

FTSE 100 - Risers Reckitt Benckiser Group (RB.) 2,827.00p +1.62% Kingfisher (LSE: KGF.L - news) (KGF) 184.80p +1.26% BT Group (LSE: BT-A.L - news) (BT.A) 103.05p +0.93% Vodafone Group (LSE: VOD.L - news) (VOD) 114.70p +0.88% Cable & Wireless (CW.) 133.50p +0.60% Shire Plc (LSE: GB00B0KQX869.L - news) (SHP) 834.50p +0.54% Reed Elsevier (Amsterdam: 273044.AS - news) (REL) 459.50p +0.49% Compass Group (LSE: CPG.L - news) (CPG) 337.50p +0.45% GlaxoSmithKline (LSE: GSK.L - news) (GSK) 1,067.00p +0.38% G4S (GFS) 210.00p +0.36%

FTSE 100 - Fallers Lonmin (LMI) 1,090.00p -5.95% Xstrata (XTA) 624.20p -4.67% Old Mutual (LSE: OML.L - news) (OML) 79.50p -3.78% Kazakhmys (LSE: KAZ.L - news) (KAZ) 607.00p -3.65% Invensys (LSE: ISYS.L - news) (ISYS) 216.00p -3.36% Rio Tinto (RIO) 1,959.00p -3.31% Legal & General Group (LGEN) 55.32p -3.29% Eurasian Natural Resources (ENRC) 648.50p -3.21% Anglo American (LSE: AAL.L - news) (AAL) 1,660.50p -3.09% Wolseley (LSE: WOS.L - news) (WOS) 1,125.00p -3.02%

FTSE 250 (news) - Risers Greggs (LSE: GRG.L - news) (GRG) 376.00p +3.08% easyJet (EZJ) 274.00p +2.81% Bovis Homes Group (LSE: BVS.L - news) (BVS) 385.50p +2.39% Yell Group (LSE: YELL.L - news) (YELL) 22.75p +2.25% Regus (LSE: RGU.L - news) (RGU) 63.50p +2.01% Burberry Group (LSE: BRBY.L - news) (BRBY) 426.75p +1.97% Bellway (LSE: BWY.L - news) (BWY) 622.50p +1.88% SSL International (LSE: SSL.L - news) (SSL) 520.00p +1.86% Croda International (LSE: CRDA.L - news) (CRDA) 540.50p +1.79% BH Global GBP Shares (BHGG) 1,012.00p +1.71%

FTSE 250 - Fallers F&C Asset Management (FCAM) 62.25p -5.68% Aquarius Platinum Ltd. (AQP) 195.50p -5.10% Punch Taverns (LSE: PUB.L - news) (PUB) 93.50p -4.83% Morgan Crucible (LSE: MGCR.L - news) (MGCR) 89.75p -4.52% Wellstream Holdings (WSM) 500.00p -4.31% Charter International (CHTR) 412.00p -4.30% Melrose Resources (LSE: MRS.L - news) (MRS) 267.50p -4.21% Salamander Energy (LSE: SMDR.L - news) (SMDR) 183.00p -4.06% Goldman Sachs Dynamic Opportunities EUR Shares (GSDE) € 1.00 -3.83% Enterprise Inns (LSE: ETI.L - news) (ETI (A024810.KQ - news) ) 122.75p -3.73%