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Rio Tinto PLC shares advanced 2.28% to GBP71.36 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around rough trading session for the stock market, with the FTSE 100 Index falling 0.10% to 10,897.27.
Rio Tinto PLC closed 21.73% short of its 52-week high of GBP91.17, which the company achieved on May 27th.
Trading volume totaled 2.1 million, compared to the 50-day average of 2.9 million.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet