Precious metals producers and mainstream miners rose to the top of the FTSE 100 as gold, silver and copper prices strengthened. Fresnillo gained 3.6% and Endeavour Mining 3.5%, with gold up 2.9% to around $4,054 an ounce and silver up 4.4% to about $51.94 an ounce. Anglo American advanced 2.3% as copper rose 0.6% to around $6.44 a pound. The FTSE 100 rose about 0.3% to 10,669 by 9am, helped by a weaker US dollar and lower Treasury yields after the US midterm elections. Weir slid 7% after its third-quarter order intake disappointed despite unchanged guidance, while BAE Systems fell more than 5%, Babcock almost 3%, and Smith+Nephew around 2% after cutting its full-year revenue and profit expectations.
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