(Reuters) - Britain's top share index advanced 0.5 percent amid buoyant European trade on Tuesday, as miners forged higher on robust copper prices and takeover hopes put the spark back into electricity stocks.
The mining sector accounted for a third of the index's upside, with Xstrata topping the gainers chart, up 3.4 percent, closely tailed by rising shares in fellow miners Kazakhmys, Rio Tinto and Lonmin.
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