British FTSE 100 fell on Thursday pushed down by Randgold Resources on news suspected military stunt in the African country of Mali, the third biggest gold provider. Randgold plunged 12% on the announcement. Other miners also tumbled on weaker Chinese PMI data. Fresnillo lost 5.8%, Kazakhmys slipped 2% and Vedanta Resources declined 4%. UK banks fell on disappointing Euro Area PMI data. Royal Bank of Scotland Group dropped 3.3%, HSBC Holdings shed 1% and Barclays edged down 2.5%. At the moment of writing FTSE 100 index is 0.84% or 49.50 points down at 5,842.48.