(Updates to include Europe index performance, comparison)
** UK precious metals miners among top performers across Europe’s benchmark as gold prices recover from multi-year lows
** Randgold up 3.5 pct and Centamin (Toronto: CEE.TO – news) up nearly 3 pct , top of FTSE 100 and FTSE Mid-250 indices respectively
** UK mining cos account for 4 of the top 5 performers on the day on the STOXX 600
** Other precious metals miners Fresnillo (Other OTC: FNLPF – news) , Hochschild, Acacia, Petropavlovsk (LSE: POG.L – news) up 1.8-3 pct
** Diversified miners BHP, Anglo American (LSE: AAL.L – news) , Rio Tinto (LSE: RIO.L – news) up 1.5-2.1 pct ([email protected])