FTSE 100 opened in the green today; public sector borrowing higher than expected
Investing.com – U.K. equities started mixed on Wednesday, with rises in Industrial Metals & Mining, Mining and Chemicals sectors; and losses in Mobile Telecommunications, Oil & Gas and Gas Water & Multiutilities.
At the market open in London, the FTSE 100 Index climbed 0.08%. The FTSE 250 Index and the FTSE 350 Index also rose. The FTSE 250 increased 0.12%, while the FTSE 350 was up by 0.07%.
Top Gainers:
- Anglo American (JO:AGLJ): Climbed 1.76% or 39.5 points to 2,283.5
- Rio Tinto (LON:RIO): Rose 1.91% or 91.0 points to 4,868.0
- Glencore (LON:GLEN): Increased 1.45% or 5.96 points to 416.16
Top Losers:
- Flutter (LON:FLTRF) Entertainment: Declined 0.79% or 125.0 points to 15,780.0
- Severn Trent (LON:SVT): Dropped 0.57% or 14.4 points to 2,517.6
- BT Group (LON:BT): Fell 1.21% or 1.65 points to 134.65
Investing.com visitors also have access to the full list of top FTSE 100 Gainers and FTSE 100 Losers, updated today in real-time.
In Commodities Trading:
- Gold Futures for December delivery climbed 3.95 points to 2,554.55 a troy ounce.
- Crude Oil for October delivery dropped 0.03 points to 73.14 a barrel.
- October Brent Oil Contract climbed 0.04% or 0.03 points to 77.23 a barrel.
Currency Markets:
- GBP/USD is over 1.30 this morning.
- EUR/GBP is stable at 0.85.
- The US Dollar Index Futures was at 101.297.
Main Economic Events:
Today's main economic event in the United Kingdom is the public sector net borrowing, which read worse than expected.
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