Greece has been crippled by strikes. Spain's debt has been downgraded by Moody's. And EU officials say no deal has been reached on scaling up the Eurozone fund. But for now London's leading share index is in positive territory.A 48-hour general strike has been called in Greece ahead of a vote on austerity measures. Spain, meanwhile, had its credit rating cut by two notches last night by the Moody's rating agency. Talks continue over the extension of the European Financial Stability Fund."With the rumours that France and Germany have reached an agreement to boost the region's rescue fund there was a hope that we would see a short-term resolution, however this is yet to be confirmed and following S&P's downgrade of 24 Italian Banks and Moody's downgrade of Spain's debt it's not time to get the champagne out just yet," said Matthew Nelson of spread-betting firm Spreadex.In stocks, meanwhile, satellite TV, landline and broadband supplier BSkyB is wanted after it saw a strong rise in profits in the quarter to 30 September as it increased sales of all three products. Revenue rose to £1.66bn from £1.53bn over the same period the previous year the previous year, while earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) climbed to £381m from £335m.However, it is banks that are setting the pace. Barclays, RBS and Lloyds are all posting good gains.Home Retail falls sharply after sales and profits dropped at the company behind Homebase and Argos. Overall sales were down 6% to £2,568m in the half year to the end of August while profit before tax fell 70% to £28m and operating profit was down 72% at £27m. FTSE 100 - RisersRoyal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS) 24.65p +3.83%Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY) 33.22p +3.60%Barclays (BARC) 180.55p +3.11%British Sky Broadcasting Group (BSY) 695.50p +2.96%Man Group (EMG) 162.70p +2.78%Vedanta Resources (VED) 1,191.00p +2.32%Essar Energy (ESSR) 289.40p +2.05%Aviva (AV.) 339.40p +1.83%Petrofac Ltd. (PFC) 1,346.00p +1.74%Standard Life (SL.) 213.50p +1.72%FTSE 100 - FallersBAE Systems (BA.) 280.00p -1.82%GKN (GKN) 191.60p -1.79%ARM Holdings (ARM) 582.50p -1.52%Shire Plc (SHP) 2,009.00p -1.08%Kingfisher (KGF) 253.20p -0.94%Rio Tinto (RIO) 3,143.50p -0.51%Serco Group (SRP) 494.30p -0.46%Burberry Group (BRBY) 1,240.00p -0.40%Marks & Spencer Group (MKS) 328.10p -0.39%Next (NXT) 2,549.00p -0.35%FTSE 250 - RisersAshtead Group (AHT) 158.40p +5.04%Moneysupermarket.com Group (MONY) 103.40p +3.40%Cable & Wireless Worldwide (CW.) 27.24p +3.18%Thomas Cook Group (TCG) 46.31p +2.82%Pace (PIC) 95.10p +2.76%Exillon Energy (EXI) 271.90p +2.60%Grainger (GRI) 88.75p +2.60%Drax Group (DRX) 472.10p +2.59%SVG Capital (SVI) 211.80p +2.47%Genesis Emerging Markets Fund Ltd. (GSS) 456.90p +2.44%FTSE 250 - FallersHome Retail Group (HOME) 107.10p -10.53%Howden Joinery Group (HWDN) 114.20p -1.55%Spirax-Sarco Engineering (SPX) 1,744.00p -1.47%Kentz Corporation Ltd. (KENZ) 473.50p -1.35%Balfour Beatty (BBY) 254.50p -1.24%Phoenix Group Holdings (DI) (PHNX) 513.00p -1.16%Brown (N.) Group (BWNG) 263.70p -0.98%Dixons Retail (DXNS) 11.20p -0.97%JD Sports Fashion (JD.) 827.00p -0.96%African Barrick Gold (ABG) 552.00p -0.90%