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FTSE 100 movers: Miners shine, gas stockpiles hit utilities

(Sharecast News) - Heavily-weighted miners were the top performers as copper prices rose, with Antofagasta, Anglo American, Glencore and Rio Tinto all higher on Friday.

Prudential rallied after JPMorgan Cazenove placed the overweight-rated shares on 'positive catalyst watch' into first-half results and said the company is on track to beat consensus for new business sales/profits by 5%/13% in 2023.

JD Sports was a high riser after US sportswear retailer Lululemon lifted its full-year outlook.

Utility shares were lower after a rise in US stockpiles saw natural gas prices fall sharply. SSE, National Grid and British Gas owner Centrica were all down on the news.

FTSE 100 - Risers

Antofagasta (ANTO) 1,464.50p 6.12% Anglo American (AAL) 2,439.00p 6.07% Glencore (GLEN) 435.95p 4.57% Rio Tinto (RIO) 5,109.00p 4.56% Prudential (PRU) 1,136.00p 4.12% JD Sports Fashion (JD.) 158.40p 3.97% Standard Chartered (STAN) 662.60p 3.27% Land Securities Group (LAND) 626.00p 3.10% Scottish Mortgage Inv Trust (SMT) 693.60p 3.09% Weir Group (WEIR) 1,768.00p 3.06%

FTSE 100 - Fallers

SSE (SSE) 1,837.00p -2.29% BT Group (BT.A) 145.55p -2.09% Centrica (CNA) 117.95p -1.63% Severn Trent (SVT) 2,676.00p -1.15% Hiscox Limited (DI) (HSX) 1,164.00p -0.85% National Grid (NG.) 1,047.00p -0.81% Vodafone Group (VOD) 75.61p -0.68% BAE Systems (BA.) 938.80p -0.64% Compass Group (CPG) 2,205.00p -0.41% Beazley (BEZ) 618.00p -0.40%

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