India, Aug. 4 -- The U.K. stock market's benchmark index FTSE 100 moved modestly higher Tuesday morning, lifted by strong gains in the mining sector.

The FTSE 100 index, which advanced to 10,931.60 earlier in the session, was up 35.63 points or 0.33% at 10,893.30 about a quarter before noon.

Miners Antofagasta and Glencore moved up 4.5% and 4%, respectively. Anglo American Plc climbed 3.2%, Rio Tinto advanced 2.75% and Endeavour Mining climbed 2.2%, while Fresnillo gained 1.1%.

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