{"id":68749,"date":"2026-01-16T11:30:41","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T11:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2026\/01\/16\/ftse-100-edges-higher-after-weak-start-miners-lose-ground\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T11:30:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T11:30:41","slug":"ftse-100-edges-higher-after-weak-start-miners-lose-ground","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2026\/01\/16\/ftse-100-edges-higher-after-weak-start-miners-lose-ground\/","title":{"rendered":"FTSE 100 Edges Higher After Weak Start; Miners Lose Ground"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><\/div><p> \n<\/p>\n<div id=\"ctl00_CPI_dvBody\">\n<p> After opening on a weak note, the U.K. stock market recovered and edged above the flat line Friday morning even as mining and energy stocks remained under pressure.<\/p>\n<p>Amid a lack of economic or corporate data, and renewed concerns about geopolitical tensions, the mood in the market remained cautious this morning.<\/p>\n<p>The deployment of troops from several European countries and other North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) allies was announced after high-level negotiations between Denmark and U.S. officials ended in stalemate on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The benchmark FTSE 100 was up 11.06 points or 0.11% at 10,250.00 a little while ago, recovering from a low of 10,210.10.<\/p>\n<p>Pearson shed about 3.7%, and Entain drifted down 3.4%. Antofagasta, Burberry Group, Rio Tinto, Endeavour Mining, Glencore, Anglo American Plc, Admiral Group, Metlen Energy &amp; Metals, Croda International, Pershing Square Holdings and Fresnillo lost 1 to 2%.<\/p>\n<p>Schroders, which posted a hefty gain in the previous session, moved up nearly 2.5%. Intercontinental Hotels Group and BAE Systems gained 2.3% and 2.1%, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Hikma Pharmaceuticals, Babcock International, Rolls-Royce Holdings, Marks &amp; Spencer, British Land and St. James&#8217;s Place gained between 1.1% and 1.5%. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n        window.fbAsyncInit = function () {\n            FB.init({\n                status: true,\n                cookie: true,\n                xfbml: true\n            });\n        };\n        (function (d) {\n            var js, id = 'facebook-jssdk'; if (d.getElementById(id)) { return; }\n            js = d.createElement('script'); js.id = id; js.async = true;\n            js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js\";\n            d.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(js);\n        }(document));\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<br \/>FTSE 100 Edges Higher After Weak Start; Miners Lose Ground<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>2026-01-16 11:30:41<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After opening on a weak note, the U.K. stock market recovered and edged above the flat line Friday morning even as mining and energy stocks remained under pressure. Amid a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":68750,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/images.unsplash.com\/photo-1531412501799-1b4c354ca957?ixid=MXwxMjA3fDB8MHxwaG90by1wYWdlfHx8fGVufDB8fHw=&ixlib=rb-1.2.1&auto=format&fit=crop&w=2734&q=80","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-euro-markets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68749\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media\/68750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}