Lloyds Banking is the main faller today following the release of its 2010 figures. Pre-tax profits were £281m, down from £1bn, but on a continuing basis profits were £2.2bn against a loss of £6.4bn. Market forecasts had been for a profit between £1-1.8bn. The £2.2bn profit excluded the £500m provision for Halifax customers issued badly worded mortgage agreements and announced earlier this week. Lloyds says the continuing basis is a better measure. It assumes it owned HBOS all of last year and excludes a whole range of integration charges. After tax, there was still a net loss of £320m, against a profit of £2.84bn last time. RBS has also fallen back. BSkyB is higher on rumours that News Corp is near to a compromise with the OFT that will enable the bid for the satellite broadcaster to go ahead. Mining companies are strong. Kazakhmys will release a trading statement on 3 March. FTSE 100 - Risers British Sky Broadcasting Group (BSY) 781.50p +3.44%Eurasian Natural Resources Corp. (ENRC) 958.00p +3.23%ARM Holdings (ARM) 592.00p +3.23%GKN (GKN) 203.60p +3.14%Lonmin (LMI) 1,803.00p +3.03%Anglo American (AAL) 3,270.00p +2.88%Kazakhmys (KAZ) 1,439.00p +2.71%Antofagasta (ANTO) 1,384.00p +2.67%Vedanta Resources (VED) 2,324.00p +2.47%Weir Group (WEIR) 1,647.00p +2.43%FTSE 100 - Fallers Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY) 63.13p -4.03%Cairn Energy (CNE) 420.40p -0.66%Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS) 45.44p -0.35%GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) 1,174.00p -0.34%Randgold Resources Ltd. (RRS) 4,993.00p -0.24%BP (BP.) 492.05p -0.19%Royal Dutch Shell 'A' (RDSA) 2,203.50p -0.18%Scottish & Southern Energy (SSE) 1,216.00p -0.16%Amec (AMEC) 1,153.00p -0.09%