London’s FTSE was up 0.3% at 6,636.74 in afternoon trade on Friday.
Miners were on the rise, with Antofagasta, Glencore and Anglo American all up amid rising metals prices.
NatWest was also in the black after the bank said it was pulling out of the Republic of Ireland, reported a smaller-than-expected annual loss and restored its dividend.
Real estate investment trust Segro gained after it posted a 10.8% jump in adjusted full-year pre-tax profit.
Dollar-earners were under the cosh, with Experian, AstraZeneca, Reckitt and Glaxo all weaker as sterling breached the $1.40 for the first time since April 2018.
FTSE 100 – Risers
Antofagasta (ANTO) 1,797.00p 4.78%
Barclays (BARC) 152.94p 3.69%
NATWEST GROUP PLC ORD 100P (NWG) 177.55p 3.65%
Evraz (EVR) 550.20p 3.42%
SEGRO (SGRO) 993.60p 3.20%
Glencore (GLEN) 297.40p 3.14%
BT Group (BT.A) 131.20p 2.98%
Rolls-Royce Holdings (RR.) 95.84p 2.68%
Johnson Matthey (JMAT) 3,127.00p 2.66%
Anglo American (AAL) 2,837.00p 2.60%
FTSE 100 – Fallers
Experian (EXPN) 2,529.00p -1.98%
AstraZeneca (AZN) 7,319.00p -1.81%
Intertek Group (ITRK) 5,794.00p -1.46%
Reckitt Benckiser Group (RB.) 6,192.00p -1.37%
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) 1,222.20p -1.36%
Relx plc (REL) 1,783.50p -1.36%
Hikma Pharmaceuticals (HIK) 2,365.00p -1.17%
Tesco (TSCO) 228.80p -0.95%
Aveva Group (AVV) 3,780.00p -0.94%
Hargreaves Lansdown (HL.) 1,514.50p -0.85%
