Pick of the early morning news

Miners and resource companies helped push up the FTSE 100 yesterday to 5,795, a 1.26% lift. Vedanta Resources and Polymetal International were the biggest gainers (8.68% and 7.76% up) by some margin. European stocks also lifted sharply with the French Cac 40 rising 1.53% to 3,363 and the German Dax rising almost 2% to 6,595. However overnight, bourses in the Far East dipped though Tokyo remains almost 1% up on the week.