FTSE 100 movers: Retailers recover

Retailers are recovering on hopes that the last two days trading before Christmas could be a bumper time in the high street. Kingfisher and Next have recovered a portion of their losses earlier in the weak.Chip designer ARM has been hit by profit taking. Miners are also slipping back with Xstrata and Rio Tinto down the most. Rio Tinto has tabled and increased offer of A$16 a share for Riversdale, which values it at A$3.9bn. Riversdale Mining has coking coal assets in Mozambique. FTSE 100 - RisersTUI Travel (TT.) 246.40p +2.03%Old Mutual (OML) 125.20p +1.87%Kingfisher (KGF) 262.70p +1.78%Smith & Nephew (SN.) 677.00p +1.50%BP (BP.) 476.60p +1.40%British Land Co (BLND) 536.00p +1.23%Vodafone Group (VOD) 171.50p +1.18%Pearson (PSON) 1,037.00p +1.07%Next (NXT) 1,992.00p +1.07%Land Securities Group (LAND) 672.00p +0.98%FTSE 100 - FallersARM Holdings (ARM) 422.90p -3.95%Intertek Group (ITRK) 1,818.00p -2.31%Man Group (EMG) 298.10p -1.09%Xstrata (XTA) 1,505.00p -1.05%Rio Tinto (RIO) 4,534.50p -0.98%ICAP (IAP) 532.50p -0.93%Aggreko (AGK) 1,504.00p -0.79%Tullow Oil (TLW) 1,269.00p -0.78%Bunzl (BNZL) 733.00p -0.68%BHP Billiton (BLT) 2,588.50p -0.67%