FTSE 100 drifts as miners offset JD Sports tumble

The FTSE 100 struggled for direction on Thursday, closing little changed, with miners and oil stocks providing support and balancing a hefty fall in JD Sports Fashion after a profit warning.The FTSE 100 index closed up just 4.81 points at 10,748.16. The FTSE 250 ended down 134.86 points, 0.6%, at 24,508.66, and the AIM All-Share closed up 2.55 points, 0.3%, at 804.09.Weighing on London’s blue-chip index was a 14% fall in JD Sports after the sports retailer cut profit guidance.In a trading statement, Lancashire-based JD Sports said it now expects financial 2027 pretax profit before adjusting items of £700 million to £800 million, lowered from £750 million to £850 million previously.At the mid-point of guidance, this would be down 12% from £852 million posted in the 52 weeks to January 31, 2