Lloyds Share News (LLOY)

Banking peers Royal Bank of Scotland, Lloyds and Barclays were registering decent gains as investors built positions in 'riskier' assets. RBS was benefitting this morning from an rating upgrade by UBS to 'buy'. Meanwhile, Barclays Capital raised its target price for both RBS and Lloyds, helping provide a lift to shares. In contrast, Aberdeen Asset Management was among the worst performers of the day after Citigroup downgraded its recommendation for the stock to 'neutral'. Pearson shares dropped after Rona Fairhead, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of its subsidiary the Financial Times Group announced that she is to leave the firm next year announced on Tuesday afternoon. Fairhead, who has been with Pearson for 12 years, is said to be pursuing "the next phase of her career outside Pearson". Vodafone, the telecoms giant involved in the development of the M-Pesa service in Africa, rose after announcing that from Tuesday 27th the service's Kenyan customers will have access to interest bearing saving accounts and have the ability to take out small loans through a new service, called M-Shwari.Meanwhile, outsourcing giant Capita rose after it said it was the preferred bidder for an educational support services joint venture with Staffordshire County Council. The joint venture, in which Capita will hold a majority stake, will initially deliver a range of educational support services for schools and academies in the Staffordshire region. FTSE 100 - RisersCapita (CPI) 752.00p +3.30%Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS) 294.50p +3.30%Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY) 46.34p +2.75%Aggreko (AGK) 2,231.00p +2.25%BAE Systems (BA.) 318.40p +2.05%ARM Holdings (ARM) 755.00p +1.96%Standard Life (SL.) 311.10p +1.63%Intertek Group (ITRK) 3,000.00p +1.21%Wood Group (John) (WG.) 815.00p +1.18%Smiths Group (SMIN) 1,068.00p +1.04%FTSE 100 - FallersAberdeen Asset Management (ADN) 329.90p -1.82%Pearson (PSON) 1,167.00p -1.44%Eurasian Natural Resources Corp. (ENRC) 269.10p -1.07%Xstrata (XTA) 1,006.50p -0.98%Johnson Matthey (JMAT) 2,274.00p -0.96%BG Group (BG.) 1,061.50p -0.93%Glencore International (GLEN) 337.15p -0.84%Petrofac Ltd. (PFC) 1,581.00p -0.82%Antofagasta (ANTO) 1,236.00p -0.80%BT Group (BT.A) 225.10p -0.79%NR