Mining and Finance Stocks Drive FTSE 100 to Record High

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The FTSE 100 climbed to a fresh record high on Friday, led by gains in mining and financials sector stocks. The index advanced to 10,991.07, up 34.20 points or 0.31 percent at 10,931.47 nearly half an hour past noon. Natwest Group climbed 5.5 percent on strong second-quarter earnings, with profit attributable to ordinary shareholders rising 29.7 percent to 1.603 billion pounds. Among miners, Anglo American moved up 3.2 percent, while Antofagasta, Rio Tinto, and Glencore gained 2.2, 2.1, and 1.9 percent respectively. IG Group Holdings tanked nearly 11 percent after announcing a 1.3 billion dollar acquisition of U.S. fantasy sports operator Underdog and a pause in its share buyback programme.

Impact on stocks 6

Critical Materials & Supply Chain▲ · 4 stocks
Digital Finance & Tokenization▼ · 1 stocks
IG Group Holdings PLC
IGG
▼ NegativeCapitalrelevance

Announced $1.3B acquisition and paused buyback, causing stock to tank nearly 11%.

Financials▲ · 1 stocks
NatWest Group PLC
NWG
▲ PositiveCapitalrelevance

Strong Q2 earnings with profit up 29.7% to £1.603B, driving shares up 5.5%.

Off-coverage companies 1

UnderdogPrivate± Mixed
Capitalrelevance

Underdog is the acquisition target; impact on its value is implied but not detailed.

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