Stocks in the UK charged up to record levels Thursday, with mining shares invigorated by a pullback in the dollar and a major investment in Anglo American, with the gains coming before the Bank of England releases its policy decision, MarketWatch reports.

The FTSE 100 jumped 0.7% to 7,420,49, on track to surpass its record closing high of 7,382.90 logged on March 1. The index on Wednesday finished up by 0.2%.