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Rio Tinto (RIO.L), Kazakhmys (KAZ.L), EurasianNatural Resources (ENRC.L), Anglo American (AAL.L), Lonmin(LMI.L) and BHP Billiton (BLT.L) added between 2.7 and 8percent.Banks were broadly stronger, supported by a note fromJPMorgan which stated it remains overweight investment banks andtraditional credit banks. HSBC (HSBA.L), Standard Chartered (STAN.L), Royal Bank ofScotland (RBS.L), Barclays (BARC.L) and Lloyds Banking Group(LLOY.L) added between 1.2 and 3.8 percent. But Man Group (EMG.L) was one of a handful of companies innegative territory, down 0.8 percent after weekly performancefigures showed a decline in the value of its flagship hedge fundAHL. Investors will get more economic data at 0830 GMT to helpgauge whether the economy has reached bottom and is starting topick up.

UK May industrial output is expected to have fallen 0.1percent on the month but remained at minus 12.4 percentyear-on-year. The decline in UK manufacturing output is seen slightlyimproved year-on-year at minus 12.8 percent in May, up fromminus 12.9 percent in April. UK April trade balance numbers will also be released at 0830GMT U.S. international trade figures are also due later in theday, but the main U.S. focus will be the latest Fed Beige book,set to be published after the London close (Editing by Greg Mahlich) Stocks.

Information on descending below the 5% threshold by a shareholderThe Management Board of Agora SA with its registered seat in Warsaw (theCompany), hereby announces that on June 9, 2009 the Company obtained anotification from BZ WBK AIB Towarzystwo Funduszy Inwestycyjnych S.A. with itsregistered seat in Pozna? acting on behalf of Arka BZ WBK Zrównowa?ony FunduszInwestycyjny Otwarty (hereinafter referred to as "Fund") about descending belowthe 5% threshold of voting rights at the General Meeting of Shareholders ofAgora SA. As a result of the sale of Agora's shares on June 3, 2009 the Fundheld 3,488,701 shares of Agora SA constituting 6.35% of Agora's share capitaland entitling to 4.84% of votes at the General Meeting of Shareholders. Beforethe transaction, the Fund held 3,687,879 shares of Agora SA constituting 6.71%of the share capital of Agora SA and giving right to 5.11% of votes at theGeneral Meeting of Shareholders.Furthermore, BZ WBK AIB Towarzystwo Funduszy Inwestycyjnych S.A.

informed theCompany, in accordance with requirements of article 46 clause 1 item 1 of theAct on Investment Funds dated May 27, 2004 (Polish Journal of Laws 04.146.1546amend.) that BZ WBK AIB Towarzystwo Funduszy Inwestycyjnych S.A. commissionedthe management of investment portfolios of the funds to BZ WBK AIB AssetManagement S.A As a result BZ WBK AIB Asset Management S.A. is also obliged totake aforementioned shares into account in any notifications submitted to theCompany.END. BAGHDAD, June 10 (Reuters) - At least 28 people were killed and 35 wounded when a car bomb ripped through a busy market in southern Iraq on Wednesday, a local official said. The death toll from the explosion in the town of Al-Bathaa, 30 km (20 miles) west of Nassariya, could rise, said Akram al-Tamimi, media manager of the provincial council of Nassariya.(Editing by Jon Hemming).

* Sales continue to perform ahead of expectations * 21-week sales up around 2 percent year-on-year * Shares up 8 percent(Adds detail, analyst comment, shares) LONDON, June 10 (Reuters) - British television shoppingcompany Ideal Shopping Direct Plc (IDLS.L) said on Wednesdaythat sales were up ahead of expectations, and it was optimisticit would return to profitability in the medium term. In a statement ahead of the company's annual generalmeeting, Chairman Paul Wright said sales in the 21 weeks to May24 were up around 2 percent year on year, and he expected grossmargins, which were stable in the period, to improve. He also said the group, which operates the Ideal World24-hour shopping channel, continued to attract new customers. In April, the company posted a full-year loss of 13 millionpounds ($21 million), including exceptional charges of 9 millionpounds. Its shares were 8 percent higher at 92 pence by 0745 GMT,valuing the group at about 27 million pounds. "Although the economic conditions remain challenging, theboard remains cautiously optimistic that the business willreturn to profitability in the medium term," Wright said.