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Miners were topping the FTSE Tuesday, with Fresnillo jumping more than 7 percent, Lonmin [LMI-LN
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Kazakhmys stock jumped 4.7 percent on rising metal prices and a share-view upgrade from Evolution Securities. Evolution raised its target price on Kazakhmys to 450p from 190p on stronger copper forecasts. It now expects copper prices at 150 cents next year, up from 125 cents.
Shares of Vodafone [VOD-LN
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- Reuters contributed to this report.
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