British Land rises on development buy London's equity market is taking a breather after its strongest run higher in 20 months, with further direction due from the US jobs report later. In the meantime, there are some standout movers even as the overall FTSE 100 holds steady at around its best level since early June. Property developer British Land is the best single gainer after it said returns from the £1bn it raised in March via an equity placing for property investments would lift earnings earlier than thought, in 2014. It said it was spending £470m of the money on taking a majority stake in a residential and commercial development in London called Paddington Central. British Land's shares rose 1.5 per cent to to 593p. Whitbread, which announced plans to open a new city centre hotel format with smaller rooms earlier this week, was the biggest faller. Its shares fell 2.1 per cent to £31.27 after a broker downgrade. Analysts at UBS cut their rating on Whitbread stock to "neutral" from "buy." Overall, London's main index was little changed with the US jobs data looming. The FTSE 100 rose 14 points to 6,435.83, a rise of 0.2 per cent. Mining stocks crowded onto the list of the biggest fallers, moving to the vanguard of the selling from their position at the forefront of Thursday's advance as traders took profits. Nine of the 10 biggest fallers were resource stocks, with Antofagasta leading the sector lower with a 2 per cent fall to 818.5p. BHP Billiton was 1.3 per cent softer at £17.06 and Rio Tinto lost 0.7 per cent to £27.38. Egyptian goldminer Centamin topped the FTSE 250 for a second consecutive session as traders continued to bet that the ousting of Mohamed Morsi in Egypt could create a better environment for the stock. There was concern during Mr Morsi's rule about the outlook for resource companies holding contracts signed during the time in office of his predecessor, Hosni Mubarak. Centamin rose 8.5 per cent to 38.6p and the top of the FTSE 250. Overall, London's second tier index was 0.4 per cent higher at 14,377.27.