Market finishes on up

The FTSE 100 Index hit 6,857 points yesterday before closing up 21.15 at 6,838.05.

London-listed miners including Rio Tinto and Glencore rebounded following a poor performance in recent sessions, rising 78.5p to 2467.5p and 5.8p to £1.85 respectively.

The Footsie’s biggest risers also includedBHP Billiton and Atnofagasta, up 33p at £10.80 and 14.5p to 541.5p respectively.

Among the big fallers, AstraZeneca was down 56p at £49.55, Burberry fell 13p to £13.20, Shire was off 52p at £48.50 and Imperial Brands slipped 39p to £39.97.

Away from the top tier index , Restaurant Group was among the biggest risers in the FTSE 250 despite reporting losses for the first half of the year and announcing it will shut 33 under- performing sites as part of a strategic review.

Speedy Hire was also on the rise, climbing 0.8p to 38p, after it offloaded its large mechanical plant fleet for £14.4million to Ardent Hire inaneffort tocut its debt.