FTSE outperforms as miners hit four-month high

By Atul PrakashLONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s mining index climbed to a four-month high on Friday, with a rally in prices of major industrial metals boosting shares in companies such as Glencore , Anglo Americanand BHP Billiton . The sector derived strength from metals prices, with copper staying on track for its biggest weekly advance in about six months on signs of an end to theslide in oil prices. Prospects of a stronger U.S. economy also fuelled investor appetite for metals. [MET/L