(Sharecast News) - London's FTSE 100 was down 0.2% at 9,229.64 in afternoon trade on Thursday.
Miners Rio Tinto and Glencore were in the black again as copper prices were boosted after Freeport-McMoran declared force majeure on Wednesday at a mine in Indonesia.

JD Sports was among the risers, having fallen on Wednesday after it reported a drop in interim profits and struck a cautious note on the outlook for the trading environment.

It flagged consumer finances, a weaker jobs market and changes in the footwear product cycle.

Phoenix Group lost ground as it traded without entitlement to the dividend.

Medical products and technologies firm Convatec slumped after the Trump administration launched an investigation into imports of personal protective equipment, medical consumables, and medical equipment including devices.

FTSE 100 - Risers

Rio Tinto (RIO) 4,873.50p 2.64%
Beazley (BEZ) 867.00p 2.18%
JD Sports Fashion (JD.) 88.98p 1.18%
Diageo (DGE) 1,792.50p 1.16%
British American Tobacco (BATS) 3,938.00p 1.10%
Glencore (GLEN) 333.50p 0.98%
Entain (ENT) 882.20p 0.94%
3i Group (III) 3,906.00p 0.90%
Vodafone Group (VOD) 85.12p 0.83%
Pearson (PSON) 1,042.00p 0.82%

FTSE 100 - Fallers

Phoenix Group Holdings (PHNX) 623.00p -5.39%
Convatec Group (CTEC) 224.40p -4.27%
CRH (CDI) (CRH) 8,210.00p -2.75%
ICG (ICG) 2,188.00p -2.58%
Ashtead Group (AHT) 4,981.00p -2.41%
Smurfit Westrock (DI) (SWR) 3,189.00p -2.33%
Schroders (SDR) 368.00p -2.18%
Standard Chartered (STAN) 1,421.50p -2.13%
Barclays (BARC) 376.90p -2.12%
Experian (EXPN) 3,654.00p -2.09%

• News Channel