Rio Tinto (RIO) fought its way to an almost flat cash profit for the first half on the back of its copper and aluminium businesses, after the all-important iron ore price dropped off. This saw the ...

The FTSE 100 tracked about a third of a per cent lower this morning amid with another stack of earnings to digest and a key three days in the US likely to set the tone. The S&P 500 slid 0.3 per cent ...