Mining stocks dominate the FTSE 100 risers, with Antofagasta (+5.20%), Glencore (+4.68%), Fresnillo (+3.23%) and Anglo American (+1.96%) all moving higher in tandem.

Berkeley Group (+2.01%) is also on the rise.

Outside of the top five, Games Workshop (+1.43%), JD Sports (+1.39%) and Vodafone (+1.09%) are all up slightly again today.

On the downside in the FTSE 100, Sainsbury’s (-3.74%) is the sharpest faller after it announced late on yesterday that Qatar Holding LLC intends to sell up to 83.6 million ordinary shares in the business.

WPP (-2.11%), ConvaTec (-2.07%) and ICG (-2.05%) are all also lower today, while there are slight dips for Marks & Spencer (-1.35%) and Lloyds (-1.29%).

In the FTSE 250, Zigup (+14.39%) is the standout riser by a long way. The integrated mobility solutions platform providing services across the vehicle lifecycle saw H1 2026 revenue increase by 2.9% year-on-year to £929.6m.

Drax (+5.15%) and Hunting (+3.84%) are also on the up, while Ceres Power (+3.22%) and Oxford Nanopore (+2.84%) are recovering some ground after weakness yesterday.

On the fallers’ side, Spire Healthcare (-16.15%) is down after it announced that EBITDA for FY25 is expected to be around the bottom end of its guidance range of £270m to £285m.

There are also drops in Paragon (-5.63%), Trainline (-5.21%), DiscoverIE (-3.36%) and Frasers Group (-2.86%).

Away from the big indexes, SysGroup is down almost 4% after reporting a fall in evenues and profits this morning.