Producers of metals and other raw materials rose amid deal activity.

Rio Tinto Group and Glencore have held merger talks, weighing the largest ever mining deal that would reshape the global industry and catapult the combined company above BHP as the largest miner by production.

Equinor and Standard Lithium will receive a $225 million grant from the U.S. government to support their lithium project to boost supply of the mineral that is essential for battery production.


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