FTSE 100 movers: Miners shine on copper rise; Provident Financial in the doldrums

Miners dominated the FTSE 100 top 10 risers on Tuesday as rising copper prices added some shine to the afternoon's trading.

BHP Billiton, Antofagasta, Glencore and Anglo American were all boosted by a rise in the metal's price.

Rio Tinto was in the black as the Serious Fraud Office launched a corruption probe into the company’s activities in Guinea.

Anglo American rallied as it said Kumba Iron Ore, in which it holds a majority stake, reported headline earnings of ZAR4.6bn (£272.58m) for the six months to the end of June.

Exhibitions group Informa racked up strong gains as it said pre-tax profit rose to £148.8m from £98.9m as first-half revenue increased 41.3% on strong trading in its global exhibitions division.

Fallers were led by sub-prime lender Provident Financial, which retreated after reported a 46% fall in statutory first-half profits, which it blamed on the disruption from reorganising its home credit business to a self-employed model.

Morrisons also fell after the latest Kantar Worldpanel survey said Britain's big supermarkets were still losing share to discounting rivals Aldi and Lidl.

Market Movers

FTSE 100 (UKX) 7,448.72 0.96%
FTSE 250 (MCX) 19,657.84 0.21%
techMARK (TASX) 3,518.34 0.16%

FTSE 100 - Risers

Antofagasta (ANTO) 945.50p 6.84%
Anglo American (AAL) 1,169.50p 5.89%
Glencore (GLEN) 328.95p 5.21%
BHP Billiton (BLT) 1,337.00p 3.80%
Rio Tinto (RIO) 3,434.00p 3.31%
Standard Chartered (STAN) 844.10p 3.24%
Informa (INF) 697.00p 3.18%
Burberry Group (BRBY) 1,696.00p 2.66%
SEGRO (SGRO) 517.50p 2.48%
HSBC Holdings (HSBA) 755.30p 2.46%

FTSE 100 - Fallers

Provident Financial (PFG) 2,171.00p -5.49%
Morrison (Wm) Supermarkets (MRW) 240.60p -2.43%
Croda International (CRDA) 3,741.00p -2.20%
WPP (WPP) 1,562.00p -1.95%
British American Tobacco (BATS) 5,322.00p -1.68%
Marks & Spencer Group (MKS) 323.00p -0.95%
British Land Company (BLND) 607.50p -0.90%
Hammerson (HMSO) 583.50p -0.85%
Mondi (MNDI) 2,012.00p -0.84%
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) 1,584.50p -0.69%