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FTSE 100 extends winning run as stronger metals boost mining stocks
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* FTSE 100 up 0.1 percent
* Mid-caps hit record high
* Mining sector underpins gains
By Kit Rees
LONDON, Feb 13 (Reuters) - UK shares rose on Monday, underpinned by a rally in mining stocks on the back of firmer metals prices, building on the previous session's three-week high and on course to post its fifth straight day of gains.
The blue-chip FTSE 100 index was up 0.1 percent at 7,262.78 points by 0955 GMT.
Mining stocks gained 1.6 percent after the price of copper touched a 20-month high on the back of supply worries after shipments were shut off from the world's two biggest copper mines.
Shares (Berlin: DI6.BE - news) in Glencore (Frankfurt: 8GC.F - news) , Anglo American (LSE: AAL.L - news) , BHP Billiton and Antofagasta (Other OTC: ANFGF - news) climbed between 1.7 percent and 2.2 percent. BHP Billiton (NYSE: BBL - news) was also in focus after an attack on its Escondida mine in Chile (Stuttgart: 704599.SG - news) at the weekend.
A number of price-target upgrades also helped the sector. Glencore was raised to "equal weight" from "underweight" at Morgan Stanley (Xetra: 885836 - news) , while RBC Capital Markets raised Rio Tinto (Hanover: CRA1.HA - news) 's target price.
"Post 2016 Glencore's valuation multiples, financial risk, downside to PT and risk reward skew are similar to its London peers," Morgan Stanley analysts said in a note.
"Reinvestment or return of excess cash is the key value driver ahead."
An upgrade from Peel Hunt to "add" from "hold" also helped Hargreaves Lansdown (Frankfurt: DMB.F - news) rise 1.2 percent, with analysts citing a stronger-than-expected first-half performance in its results last week.
"As much as the financial returns, in our view the statement last week confirmed the power of Hargreaves’ business model," Peel Hunt analysts said in a note, singling out the development of the company's HL Savings unit.
Mid-caps also rose, with the FTSE 250 index hitting a new record high, up 0.1 percent.
Shares in energy firm Evraz (LSE: EVR.L - news) were the biggest gainers, up 6 percent, while earnings underpinned a rally in trading software provider Fidessa Group (LSE: FDSA.L - news) 's shares.
They rose 4.3 percent after Fidessa said that its international revenue spread provided stability amid uncertainty following the Brexit vote and the U.S. election.
"Fidessa has delivered a solid set of results in a year where its customers had to grapple with heightened geopolitical uncertainty," Jefferies' equity analyst, Damindu Jayaweera, said in a note, who expects the business climate to improve in 2017. (Reporting by Kit Rees)
