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Lloyds has been one of the FTSE 100‘s best-performing shares in 2025. Thanks to several supportive factors — including a recent positive outcome to a car finance investigation — it’s risen 54% since 1 January.
Yet, despite its strong showing, the bank’s gains look modest beside those of some other UK blue-chip shares. Here are two that I think could continue to outperform Lloyds’ share price and that warrant serious consideration.
The copper stock
Runaway copper prices have driven mining stocks sharply higher this year. Antofagasta (LSE:ANTO), for instance, has leapt 72% in value, driven by the red metal’s ascent to 16-month peaks.
There are risks to the current copper price rally, and by extension to producers of the bellwether commodity. It’s notably cyclical, and is therefore vulnerable to threats like trade tariffs and higher interest rates.
But rising…
