Market overview: FTSE 100 up 33
Mar 19, 2010
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09:15 Shares in Lloyds are up 7% after the bank predicted a profit for 2010 and added trading recently had been strong. Peers RBS and Barclays are in tow. Miners are weak, with Vedanta, which mines for copper in India, at the bottom of the pile. FTSE 100 up 16 at 5,659.
08:35 Banks are driving Footsie higher this morning after Lloyds predicted a profit for 2010 and added trading recently had been strong. Royal Bank of Scotland and Barclays are also sharply higher. Hopes of an end to the British Airways dispute have lifted the airline. FTSE 100 up 33 at 5,676.
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