London’s FTSE 100 was up 0.6% at 7,555.33 in afternoon trade on Tuesday.
Miners were on the rise after well-received results from BHP, with Glencore, Rio Tinto, Anglo American and Antofagasta all higher.
BHP posted a large jump in annual profits on the back of soaring coal prices and said it would return almost $9bn to shareholders.
RS Group – formerly Electrocomponents – gave back some gains, having rallied on Monday following a report it could be in line for a £15 a share takeover bid.
Barratt Developments was also in the red even as the Competition and Markets Authority said it was dropping its alleged leasehold mis-selling investigation into the housebuilder.
FTSE 100 – Risers
Glencore (GLEN) 485.10p 4.43%
Rio Tinto (RIO) 4,920.00p 3.90%
Anglo American (AAL) 3,012.50p 3.84%
Centrica (CNA) 83.50p 3.14%
Antofagasta (ANTO) 1,165.50p 3.10%
GSK (GSK) 1,439.00p 2.35%
BAE Systems (BA.) 798.40p 2.12%
Endeavour Mining (EDV) 1,798.00p 1.93%
Harbour Energy (HBR) 383.40p 1.91%
Standard Chartered (STAN) 609.00p 1.91%
FTSE 100 – Fallers
Dechra Pharmaceuticals (DPH) 3,532.00p -2.70%
Rightmove (RMV) 640.20p -2.26%
Aveva Group (AVV) 2,444.00p -2.00%
Hargreaves Lansdown (HL.) 970.20p -1.30%
Auto Trader Group (AUTO) 656.20p -1.29%
Croda International (CRDA) 7,296.00p -1.22%
RS Group (RS1) 1,130.00p -1.14%
Halma (HLMA) 2,272.00p -1.13%
Aviva (AV.) 463.30p -0.94%
Barratt Developments (BDEV) 482.60p -0.88%
