FTSE 100 pushed down by Randgold Resources

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.