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Here are the biggest movers in Britain's markets on Tuesday (RIO, GLEN)
London-listed mining companies led gains in Britain's markets on Tuesday, with four of the FTSE 100's top listed miners in the five biggest winners. At the close Rio Tinto, Glencore, Antofagasta, and Anglo American were all more than 3% higher, gaining thanks to a strong dollar, and a crumbling pound.
Glencore's rise is of particular note, and follows on from an announcement on Monday that the miner had managed to secure a substantial deal to sell thermal coal to Japanese firm Tohoku Electric for almost $100 per tonne. As a result Glencore ended the day up more than 3.5%:
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British listed miners, which largely denominate their assets in dollars, and carry out the vast majority of their operations overseas, have enjoyed a huge rise since Britain voted to leave the EU in June, taking advantage of the pound's crash against the dollar.
Overall, Britain's stock market gained a little on the day, with the FTSE up just more than 0.3%. Here's the chart:
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Henry Croft, a research analyst at Accendo Markets, says in an email on Monday morning that European markets are being boosted "after a mostly positive Asian trading session, driven by further US Dollar strengthening as the chances of a US Fed hike in December reach their highest since before Brexit. Earnings releases will once again be the focus for markets as four FTSE 100 components report this morning, whilst across the pond the world’s most valuable company Apple reports how it fared in the third quarter.
"Earnings releases will once again be the focus for markets as four FTSE 100 components report this morning, whilst across the pond the world’s most valuable company Apple reports how it fared in the third quarter."
Other FTSE 100 gainers on Tuesday included BT Group (up 2.7%) and telecoms giant Vodafone (up 1.1%).
At the other end of the table, Whitbread, which owns Costa Coffee and Premier Inn, ended down 3.9% after worse than expected results out on Tuesday morning.
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