The FTSE 100 (^FTSE) outperformed against its European peers on Thursday, hitting a new intraday high for the third session in a row. It was boosted by miner Anglo American (AAL.L) which saw its shares soar after a buyout offer from BHP Group (BHP.L). The stock climbed to a nine-month high after BHP said it made an offer to buy the London-listed miner, valuing its share capital at £31.1bn. The deal would create the world’s biggest copper miner with around 10% of global output. London’s benchmark index was 0.5% higher in early trade Germany's DAX (^GDAXI) dipped 0.5% and the CAC (^FCHI) in Paris headed 0.3% lower The pan-European STOXX 600 (^STOXX) was down almost 0.3% Barclays (BARC.L) shares slumped after posting a 12% fall in first quarter profit Wall Street is set to open lower as S&P 500 futures (ES=F), Dow futures (YM=F) and Nasdaq futures (NQ=F) were all in the red Pound (GBPUSD=X) is almost 0.3% up against the dollar at 1.2496 Follow along for live updates throughout the day: Miner Anglo American (AAL.L) has climbed to the top of the FTSE 100 this morning with shares boosted after a buyout offer from BHP Group (BHP.L). The stock...