Correspondent
Stocks correspondent
Marcus Hale covers the London tape: who led, by how much, and what would unwind it by Friday. Up before the cash open. He will not tell you what to buy.
Rolls-Royce told investors its civil aerospace service backlog remains elevated on narrowbody-linked Pearl and Trent work, lifting shares as shop-visit capacity catches up with airline demand.
London’s mining heavyweights led the FTSE 100 on Thursday as three-month copper on the LME touched a six-month high, lifting Glencore, Anglo American and Antofagasta in a session thin on tech earnings.