Rio Tinto rises Thursday, outperforms market

Shares of Rio Tinto PLC $Rio Tinto Ltd(RIO.AU)$ inched up 0.78% to £50.17 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the FTSE 100 Index UKX, +0.26% rising 0.26% to 7,952.62.

Rio Tinto PLC closed £8.93 short of its 52-week high (£59.10), which the company achieved on December 28.