Despite an early sell-off on Wall Street, the FTSE 100 closed 9.5 better at 5878.6, pulling back some of Thursday's losses. Mining stocks, hit hard over the previous two sessions, hit back as broker upgrades to Kazakhmys, from UBS, and Antofagasta, from Cazenove, improved sentiment. Antofagasta, reporting on Tuesday, closed 3p better at 433p while Kazakhmys added 17p to 1,221p.