FTSE 100 falls as oil slides but Anglo American lifted by diamond sales

Investors unnerved again by Chinese slowdown and crude price fall With global markets tumbling again as oil slides and worries about a Chinese slowdown re-emerge, it's no surprise to see precious metal miners bucking the trend as investors seek the havens of gold and silver. More surprisingly, Anglo American is up 3.7p at 230.3p. But its gains can be attributed to news that rough diamond sales from its De Beers group had more than doubled from $248m to $540m in the first sales period of this yea...