Michael Hunter

In this article: SONG FTSE 100 Live (Evening Standard) The FTSE 100 index continues to trade at record levels after London's top flight bounced 3% last week.

FTSE 100 miner and commodity training group Glencore revealed a drop in its production of copper this morning. Shock bid activity in the sector – when BHP’s offered £31 billion bid for Anglo American – was thought to relate to a move at the world’s biggest miner toward more copper production. Glencore said today that its copper production fell 2% to just under 240 kilotons.

Change at the top of HSBC and the performance of Premier Inn owner Whitbread are among today’s City talking points.

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It did issue a weather warning, saying: “We expect the sales performance in the second quarter to be weaker than the first quarter because last year benefited from particularly warm weather from late May through to the end of June..”Next has lately taken stakes in FatFace and Reiss, deals which sees it take on the back office work while the brands are maintained. Online sales in the quarter were especially strong, up 8.8%. There were signs Brits are paring back on their home improvement spend after Wickes said it had seen an 18% slide in design & installation sales since the start of the year.

Upgraded profit guidance by GSK stood out today in a session featuring updates by Next, Smith & Nephew and Sensodyne business Haleon.

Regional variations help customers tune into greetings from chain with a market value of £370 million