Thyssenkrupp down 3.7%
Xstrata shares down 3.4%
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Miners, which are closely leveraged to economic growth, declined in London, with Rio Tinto /quotes/comstock/23s!a:rio (UK:RIO 3,281, -107.00, -3.16%) /quotes/comstock/13*!rtp/quotes/nls/rtp (RTP 53.91, -1.21, -2.20%) shares down 2.2%; Antofagasta /quotes/comstock/23s!a:anto (UK:ANTO 1,001, -20.00, -1.96%) shares down 2.1%; Xstrata /quotes/comstock/23s!a:xta (UK:XTA 1,022, -31.50, -2.99%) shares down 3.4%; and Vedanta Resources /quotes/comstock/23s!e:ved (UK:VED 2,407, -73.00, -2.94%) shares down 2.7%.
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LONDON (MarketWatch) -- The Bank of England on Wednesday said Britain's economic recovery is likely to continue, but at a slower pace than the central bank had projected in May. The quarterly Inflation Report, which carries the rate-setting Monetary Policy Committee's... Full Story