Indian shares rose on Wednesday, boosted by IT, metals and auto stocks, after data showed India grew at a faster pace than any major economy in the September quarter.
Copper mining giant Freeport-McMoRan Inc is converting its fleet of diesel trucks and other machinery to electric or hydrogen power, a transition required to fight climate change even though the costs are not yet known, Chief Executive Richard Adkerson said in an interview at the Reuters Next conference.
Chilean leftist presidential candidate Gabriel Boric, the front-runner in surveys ahead of a Dec. 19 run-off vote, talked up his plans for a state lithium firm on Wednesday and slammed the Andean country's "historic error" of privatizing its resources.
Indian shares were on course for their first monthly drop in seven even as markets jumped on Friday as investors awaited gross domestic product data that is expected to show the country's economic recovery strengthened in the second quarter.