FTSE 100 movers: Anglo American, utility stocks surge
Anglo American, owner of jeweler De Beers, surged on Thursday as the mining giant cut its forecast for annual diamond production in order to avoid overproduction in the weaker diamond market.
Aggreko
869.50p
16:34 09/08/21
Anglo American
2,430.00p
17:15 04/10/24
Barratt Developments
482.10p
17:00 04/10/24
Beverages
21,315.19
17:14 04/10/24
BHP Group Limited NPV (DI)
2,304.00p
17:00 04/10/24
Centrica
118.20p
17:00 04/10/24
Coca-Cola HBC AG (CDI)
2,708.00p
17:00 04/10/24
Electricity
11,234.12
17:14 04/10/24
Experian
3,862.00p
16:44 04/10/24
Food & Drug Retailers
4,548.70
17:14 04/10/24
FTSE 100
8,280.63
16:49 04/10/24
FTSE 350
4,570.17
17:14 04/10/24
FTSE All-Share
4,527.24
16:54 04/10/24
Gas, Water & Multiutilities
6,061.74
17:14 04/10/24
Glencore
433.10p
17:00 04/10/24
Household Goods & Home Construction
14,509.70
17:14 04/10/24
Legal & General Group
225.40p
16:44 04/10/24
Life Insurance
5,695.46
17:14 04/10/24
Mining
11,521.23
17:14 04/10/24
SSE
1,838.00p
16:40 04/10/24
Support Services
11,327.53
17:14 04/10/24
Tesco
362.20p
16:55 04/10/24
United Utilities, SSE and Centrica was making gains as investors sought refuge in defensive utility stocks.
A number of heavyweight stocks were in the red after going ex-dividend, weighing on the Footsie, including Aggreko, Barratt Development, Glencore and Legal & General.
Shares in credit checking company Experian advanced in the wake of overnight gains by credit card giant Visa.
Coca-cola continued higher on Wednesday's news that revenues increased in the first quarter of the year, despite a decline in Diet Coke sales.
Tesco recovered from Wednesday's losses, which were driven by record full-year losses of ÂŁ6.4bn.
BHP Billiton also rebounded from declines made of Wednesday, when the company announced that it would postpone plans to increase iron ore output.
FTSE 100 - Risers
Rio Tinto (RIO) 2,929.00p +2.29%
Anglo American (AAL) 1,036.50p +2.22%
Ashtead Group (AHT) 1,163.00p +2.11%
United Utilities Group (UU.) 991.50p +1.85%
BHP Billiton (BLT) 1,505.00p +1.48%
SSE (SSE) 1,589.00p +1.47%
Antofagasta (ANTO) 760.50p +1.47%
Barclays (BARC) 257.00p +1.46%
Vodafone Group (VOD) 230.40p +1.27%
Morrison (Wm) Supermarkets (MRW) 192.70p +1.21%
Fallers
Legal & General Group (LGEN) 266.70p -3.79%
Old Mutual (OML) 231.00p -2.74%
Mondi (MNDI) 1,320.00p -2.44%
Weir Group (WEIR) 1,762.00p -2.22%
Sports Direct International (SPD) 617.50p -2.14%
Glencore (GLEN) 295.95p -2.08%
Johnson Matthey (JMAT) 3,404.00p -1.79%
Aggreko (AGK) 1,643.00p -1.73%
WPP (WPP) 1,574.00p -1.38%
Barratt Developments (BDEV) 527.50p -1.31%