FTSE edges higher as mining stocks outperform

By Kit Rees LONDON (Reuters) - British equities advanced on Monday as investors took heart from comments on Chinese stock market stability and encouraging macroeconomic data there, sending shares in British mining companies higher. Britain's FTSE 100 index rose 0.6 percent to 6,176.75 points by 0939 GMT, slightly underperforming the broader European market. Assurance from a top securities regulator that China will not reintroduce a circuit breaker mechanism to its stock market in the next few ye