s AstraZeneca (AZN.L) and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK.L)climbing 0.2 and 0.5 percent, respectively.
Serco (SRP.L) was the strongest-performing company on theindex, up 6 percent after the support service firm's profitscame in ahead of forecast and it predicted double-digit revenuegrowth in coming years.
Meanwhile, ex-dividend factors clipped 0.17 point off theFTSE 100 index, with Eurasian Natural Resources (ENRC.L),Fresnillo (FRES.L) and InterContinental Hotels (IHG.L) losingtheir dividend attractions on Wednesday. (Reporting by Simon Falush; Editing by Rupert Winchester)
* FTSE down 0.3 percent
* Miners follow metals prices down
* Rolls-Royce falls as Quantas grounds jets for longer
By David Brett
LONDON
boots shop , Nov 8 - Miners led Britain's top shareslower on Monday as metal prices eased, and with strikeuncertainty hitting Xstrata (XTA.L) and Anglo American (AAL.L),while African Barrick Gold (ABGL.L) was weighed on by a brokerdowngrade.
By 1147 GMT, the FTSE 100 .FTSE was down 16.54 points, or0.3 percent, at 5,858.81
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"Mining stocks eased back from Friday's levels, underlyingmetal prices edged lower and the dollar posted muted gains,dragging the mining sector away from last week's highs," GilesWatts, head of equities at City Index, said.
A strike by union workers at the world's third biggestcopper mine
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The union has vowed a long strike at the mine
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Xstrata and Anglo American were down 1.4 and 1.5 percentrespectively.
African Barrick Gold shed 2.6 percent after Goldman Sachsdowngraded its rating on the s