London’s FTSE 100 was up 0.1% at 7,577.34 in afternoon trade on Tuesday.
Miners were on the front foot as metals price rose, with Anglo American, Glencore and Rio Tinto all higher.
St James’s Place was boosted by an upgrade to ‘overweight’ from ‘equalweight’ at Morgan Stanley.
On the downside, online supermarket Ocado slid after it said its annual loss grew as increased investment in its solutions business more than offset higher revenue. The statutory pre-tax loss widened to £176.9m in the year to the end of December from £52.3m a year earlier as revenue increased 7% to £2.5bn.
Elsewhere, Airtel Africa tumbled after funds managed by Warburg Pincus and Morningstar Investment sold 58m shares in the telecommunications group in a discounted placing.
DCC lost ground even as it said third-quarter profit rose in line with expectations as the sales and marketing group’s energy and healthcare businesses grew.
FTSE 100 – Risers
Anglo American (AAL) 3,493.00p 3.25%
Evraz (EVR) 468.60p 2.99%
Glencore (GLEN) 418.10p 2.53%
Rio Tinto (RIO) 5,646.00p 2.36%
International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (CDI) (IAG) 164.40p 2.05%
BT Group (BT.A) 197.10p 2.05%
St James’s Place (STJ) 1,548.50p 1.94%
Legal & General Group (LGEN) 289.10p 1.76%
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) 4,943.00p 1.60%
Persimmon (PSN) 2,438.00p 1.54%
FTSE 100 – Fallers
Ocado Group (OCDO) 1,235.00p -12.22%
Airtel Africa (AAF) 140.30p -9.48%
Flutter Entertainment (CDI) (FLTR) 10,710.00p -2.68%
Croda International (CRDA) 7,454.00p -2.46%
DCC (CDI) (DCC) 6,304.00p -2.41%
Auto Trader Group (AUTO) 638.60p -2.35%
Aveva Group (AVV) 2,811.00p -2.16%
London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) 7,038.00p -2.09%
Sage Group (SGE) 695.00p -2.06%
Dechra Pharmaceuticals (DPH) 3,922.00p -1.95%
