Wednesday, May 2, 2007

FTSE up 0.7 pct, led by media, mining shares

(Reuters) - Britain's top share index rose early on Wednesday, led by media shares after BSkyB's strong results and News Corp's proposed bid for Dow Jones, with miners rising on firmer copper prices.

BSkyB jumped 5.6 percent after the UK satellite broadcaster posted a 10-percent increase in its nine-month revenues and said it had added an above-expected 51,000 net subscribers in the third quarter.


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