Mining firm Polymetal International leapt into the top spot after announcing that it has extended the life-of-mine projections for its Khakanja and Omolon mines in Russia by two years after releasing the first set of ore reserves estimates for its Tsokol, Ozerny, Avlayakan, and Dalniy deposits. UBS has raised its target price for UK banking group Lloyds from 44p to 46p, saying that the bank's third-quarter results showed "solid progress and improving momentum", providing a lift to the shares this morning. The broker maintained its 'neutral' stance though. Hotels group InterContinental gained after Exane BNP Paribas upgraded its recommendation to 'outperform' and raised its target price from 1,630p to 1,900p. Admiral is seeing follow-through buying after a positive note out of analysts at Bank of America Merrill Lynch last Friday. Security giant G4S was lower after Morgan Stanley downgraded its rating on the stock to 'equal weight' and cut its target price from 320p to 280p. After a poor start to the day, some mining stocks were recovering by the afternoon, although both Anglo American and Xstrata persisted lower after worse-than-expected contraction in Japan.AMEC shares were taking a hit despite both Seymour Pierce and Investec keeping their buy rating on the stock. FTSE 100 - RisersLloyds Banking Group (LLOY) 45.12p +3.46%Polymetal International (POLY) 1,149.00p +3.14%Admiral Group (ADM) 1,087.00p +3.13%Burberry Group (BRBY) 1,252.00p +2.88%Barclays (BARC) 235.25p +2.22%InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) 1,586.00p +1.86%Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS) 274.90p +1.78%Vedanta Resources (VED) 1,104.00p +1.56%Tate & Lyle (TATE) 758.00p +1.47%Hammerson (HMSO) 473.80p +1.35%FTSE 100 - FallersAnglo American (AAL) 1,837.00p -1.55%G4S (GFS) 250.00p -1.34%Amec (AMEC) 1,035.00p -1.33%Randgold Resources Ltd. (RRS) 6,970.00p -1.06%Xstrata (XTA) 960.50p -1.01%Wood Group (John) (WG.) 842.00p -0.82%Croda International (CRDA) 2,253.00p -0.79%Meggitt (MGGT) 368.70p -0.78%BAE Systems (BA.) 306.70p -0.74%BG Group (BG.) 1,050.50p -0.61%NR