Miners help FTSE to edge higher, BHP slips

By Atul Prakash LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's top share index edged higher in early trade on Thursday, with a rally in basic resources stocks on the back of stronger metals prices supporting the broader stock market. Prices of other industrial metals such as copper and aluminium were also strong. Shares in Anglo American , Glencore , Fresnillo and Antofagasta rose 1.8 to 4.0 percent, helping the blue-chip FTSE 100 index to gain 0.2 percent to 6,350.80 points by 0915 GMT.