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LONDON (AFP) – London shares finished up Tuesday on the back of solid performances in the basic resources sector, building on gains made a day earlier.

London's FTSE 100 index of leading shares was up 0.66 percent at 5,808.45 points.

Lloyds Banking Group (LGB) was the most traded stock, seeing 152 million shares switch owners, followed by Vodafone which saw 108 million units change hands.

African Barrick was the top blue-chip performer, adding 34.5 pence -- or 6.1 percent -- to end at 600 pence, followed by Resolution which rose 11.4 pence -- or 5.3 percent -- to finish at 226.4 pence.

ICAP led the fallers, shedding 1.7 percent -- or 9 pence -- to end at 519 pence, followed by Aggreko which was down 25 pence -- or 1.6 percent -- at 1538 pence.

Meanwhile, the pound rose against the dollar and the euro.

At 17:04 GMT, sterling was trading at 1.579, up from 1.568 dollars at the same time on Monday, while the currency stood at 1.187 euros, up from 1.181 over the same period.

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