Footsie fought to lift itself into the blue all day but remained in the red as banks and miners weigh on the index.Lloyds Banking, which is apparently mulling a £15bn fundraising to keep down the cost of insuring toxic debt with the Government, fell. Reports in the weekend press suggest the Treasury is backing the plans. Royal Bank of Scotland was down in sympathy. Miners struggled, with Rio Tinto among the worst performers after China accused it of conducting a six-year spying campaign. Life insurer Friends Provident topped the risers though after saying it is now is close to agreeing a takeover by Resolution as terms of the original offer were improved. In a statement, Friends Provident confirmed it had received a new offer of 0.9 Resolution shares for each Friends Provident share, worth about £1.85bn. Construction and regeneration group Morgan Sindall said first half results were in line with expectations despite posting a 28% slide in profits due to the challenging conditions in the period. Profit before tax fell to £20.5m from £28.6m on revenue that slipped 8% to £1.14bn. Troubled Irish airline Aer Lingus carried 8.2% more passengers in July than last year as the number making short-haul journeys increased, though long-haul passenger numbers fell sharply and the load factor fell. Occupancy fell again at care home operator Southern Cross over the last three months with the average occupancy of the mature portfolio 87.5% (2008: 89.8%). Revenues in the 14 weeks to 5 July were £254.8m (2008: £245.6m) and operating profits £22.2m (2008: £24.4m). Operating margins were 31.8%, 0.2% lower than during the same period in the prior year. Recruitment firm Harvey Nash said trading in the six months to June has remained broadly in line with expectations underpinned by its broad portfolio of services. Revenue for the period is in line with the previous year while gross profit for the same period has recorded only a modest decline of 5%. Just Retirement has extended the timeframe within which Avalon would need to submit a firm offer proposal for the specialist life assurance group. Avalon, which made an approach for Just Retirement in June, now has until 25 September 2009 to make a bid.FTSE 100 - RisersFriends Provident Group (FP.) 75.20p +7.28%Hammerson (HMSO) 392.90p +3.53%Petrofac Ltd (PFC) 853.00p +3.39%Prudential (PRU) 487.10p +3.09%Carnival (CCL) 1,869.00p +2.81%Autonomy Corporation (AU.) 1,252.00p +2.62%British Land Co (BLND) 492.80p +2.54%Rexam (REX) 230.50p +2.40%Pennon Group (PNN) 462.80p +2.37%BT Group (BT.A) 134.20p +2.09%FTSE 100 - FallersLloyds Banking Group (LLOY) 97.99p -3.93%Fresnillo (FRES) 609.50p -3.86%Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS) 45.37p -3.45%Rio Tinto (RIO) 2,339.50p -3.39%Xstrata (XTA) 786.00p -3.14%Randgold Resources (RRS) 3,509.00p -2.82%Kazakhmys (KAZ) 904.50p -2.74%Marks & Spencer Group (MKS) 340.10p -2.69%Anglo American (AAL) 1,886.50p -2.66%BHP Billiton (BLT) 1,547.50p -2.61%FTSE 250 - RisersXchanging (XCH) 230.20p +6.57%Babcock International Group (BAB) 487.30p +5.13%Shaftesbury (SHB) 372.40p +4.31%HMV Group (HMV) 121.00p +4.31%Henderson Group (HGG) 120.10p +3.98%Savills (SVS) 365.60p +3.66%BlueBay Asset Management (BBAY) 280.90p +3.65%Computacenter (CCC) 259.00p +3.60%Forth Ports (FPT) 1,086.00p +3.43%Interserve (IRV) 226.10p +3.38%FTSE 250 - FallersDaejan Holdings (DJAN) 2,375.00p -3.81%Edinburgh UK Tracker Trust (EUK) 209.60p -3.68%Mondi (MNDI) 269.30p -3.48%BBA Aviation (BBA) 148.20p -3.45%UK Commercial Property Trust (UKCM) 70.95p -3.14%Fidessa (FDSA) 1,152.00p -3.11%Spirent Communications (SPT) 74.00p -3.08%Peter Hambro Mining (POG) 635.50p -2.98%Talvivaara Mining Company (TALV) 394.20p -2.81%Regus (RGU) 75.25p -2.78%