HSBC Holdings Share News (HSBA)

Whitbread was performing well on Tuesday after the company reported a decent first quarter with group sales up 13.8 per cent, boosted by growth at Premier Inn and another strong performance from Costa which saw sales jump by an impressive 24.8 per cent. Whitbread said that while sales in its restaurants had been affected by the unseasonably poor weather in the 13 weeks to May 30th, Costa had benefitted from the cold snap. Financials were also in demand today with RSA Insurance gaining after Credit Suisse raised the stock to 'outperform', saying that a "multitude of factors that have weighed on returns at RSA will abate over the next two years, leading to an upswing in reported earnings."HSBC meanwhile was lifted by Citigroup to 'buy' following its recent underperformance. Financial peers Lloyds, Barclays and Standard Life was also on the advance.easyJet was flying high after buying 100 New Generation A320 aircraft from Airbus for delivery from 2017 to 2022. Heading the other way were the miners recent volatility in the sector continued. ENRC, Fresnillo, EVRAZ, Antofagasta and Polymetal were among the worst performing stocks on the blue-chip index today.Temporary power and temperature control supplier Aggreko was also a heavy faller after reporting mixed trading in its two main divisions in the first half - the Local business continues to grow strongly while Power Projects growth was subdued.Security solutions group G4S was also in the red after Goldman Sachs reiterated its 'conviction sell' recommendation and cut its target price for the stock on the back of emerging-market FX weakness.FTSE 100 - RisersWhitbread (WTB) 3,028.00p +3.52%RSA Insurance Group (RSA) 121.30p +2.97%BT Group (BT.A) 320.90p +2.85%Croda International (CRDA) 2,452.00p +2.64%Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY) 62.88p +2.58%HSBC Holdings (HSBA) 698.80p +2.54%Barclays (BARC) 303.95p +2.46%easyJet (EZJ) 1,282.00p +2.40%BAE Systems (BA.) 396.20p +2.30%Standard Life (SL.) 375.20p +2.26%FTSE 100 - FallersEurasian Natural Resources Corp. (ENRC) 231.30p -3.75%Fresnillo (FRES) 1,066.00p -2.83%Aggreko (AGK) 1,754.00p -2.07%G4S (GFS) 241.00p -1.55%Evraz (EVR) 117.40p -1.51%Antofagasta (ANTO) 887.00p -1.06%Melrose Industries (MRO) 246.20p -0.77%Sage Group (SGE) 335.50p -0.71%Polymetal International (POLY) 646.00p -0.69%Diageo (DGE) 1,887.50p -0.66%