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16 February 2021 | 08:50am StockMarketWire.com - UK stocks opened higher on Tuesday as investors grow increasingly confident that US lawmakers will push through a large stimulus package, while big miners released some positive dividend news. At 0836, the benchmark FTSE 100 index was up 16.42 points, or 0.3%, at 6,772.53. BHP eased back 0.2% to $22.2448 even as it reported a 13% rise in first-half pre-tax profit to $8.83 billion, as revenue was boosted by higher iron ore and copper prices. The world s biggest mining company hiked its interim dividend 55% to 101p per share. Its bottom line profit fell, though, on a higher tax expense. Miner and commodities trader Glencore rose 2.1% to 288.35p after it said it would resume dividends in 2021 with a payout of 12c per share. ....
16 February 2021 | 07:32am StockMarketWire.com - Mining giant Glencore confirmed that it would resume dividend payments in 2021 after reporting annual core earnings were flat year-on-year on low commodity prices and impact of the pandemic. For the year ended 31 December, adjusted earnings before interest taxes, depreciation and amortisation, or EBITDA, fell to $11.56 billion from $11.6 billion as revenue fell 34% to $142.34 billion. The company reported a wider net loss attributable to equity holders of $1.9 billion, compared with a loss of $404 million in 2019. The H1 2020 reported results were heavily impacted by the low commodity prices and challenging early pandemic environment . H2 2020 delivered a net profit of $697 million as economies began to recover from the earlier severe Covid related lockdowns and uncertainty and commodity prices rebounded, the company said. ....