Miner and commodities trader Glencore (LN:GLEN) rose 5.24% in London yesterday after unveiling its preliminary 2017 results, which CEO Ivan Glasenberg described as "our strongest on record".

Anglo American (LN:AAL) was up 3.26% yesterday ahead of announcing its preliminary 2017 results today. Its South African platinum division said it would reinstate its cash dividend earlier this week.

In Toronto, the metals and mining sector closed marginally lower yesterday but Hudbay Minerals (CN:HBM) was up 1.27% on the back of its full-year results.

Hudbay's production met or exceeded guidance and its fourth quarter revenue of US$414.1 million beat the average analyst estimate, Bloomberg reported.

Australian-based gold miner St Barbara (AU:SBM) closed up more than 5.2% today as it reported an after-tax profit of A$106 million (US$83 million) for the half-year and outlined a longer-term outlook for its Gwalia operations.

BHP (AU:BHP), which lost close to 5% yesterday on the back of its interim results, managed a gain of 1.3% today.

Finally, in the US, Freeport-McMoRan (US:FCX), which reinstated its dividend earlier this month, was up 1.63% to provide a positive move among mining stocks on the S&P500.