Lloyds Share News (LLOY)

London has ignored last night's shake-out on Wall Street and is approaching triple-digit gains, though banks are left in the cold amid continuing Eurozone worries.US benchmark indices each tumbled more than 4% overnight, on fears over the health of the US economy and also the future of France's AAA rating. Both factors might expect to cast a shadow over the UK's prospects but London's traders seem in the mood to hunt for bargains again following last week's huge sell-off. It is perhaps worth pointing out that the FTSE 100 had a strong start yesterday only to finish deep in the red.Miners are rallying strongly, led higher by Kazakh copper miner Kazakhmys, but French banking fears seem to have spread across the channel, with Lloyds Banking Group and RBS the only fallers in the FTSE 100.In company news today, Aquarius Platinum pulled out of its August swoon after full-year results pleased the market. In setting out its full year results Aquarius points out it has increased headline earnings to $142.8m, a significant increase on the $23.6m figure for 2010.Anglo Pacific notched up a record level of royalty income in the first half of 2011, despite adverse weather conditions in Australia. The global natural resources royalties company said royalty income in the first half of the year rose to £16.4m from £15.7m in the first half of last year. Second quarter royalty income was lower year-on-year, however, at £6.5m compared to £11.1m in the second quarter of 2010. Morgan Sindall, the construction and regeneration group, has secured a major regeneration scheme contract in Chester city centre, with a total development value of approximately £115m. Harry Potter publisher Bloomsbury said book sales in July and August picked up from soft trading earlier in the year, with many bookworms opting to download their summer reading rather than opting for paper copies. The release of the latest Harry Potter film has stoked demand for all seven books in the series, Bloomsbury said.Defence products group Cobham has been awarded a four year contract for the provision of a flight inspection service to the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD). Mobile computing services company Psion said supply issues hurt first half revenue but it remains confident that recent traction with new products positions the company well for the second half and beyond. Revenue fell to £81.4m for the first half-year to 30 June from £84.7m in 2010. The group posted an operating loss of £5.2m during the period compared to a profit of £4.8m previously. FTSE 100 - RisersResolution Ltd. (RSL) 255.30p +3.74%GKN (GKN) 185.10p +3.70%Kazakhmys (KAZ) 950.50p +3.54%Inmarsat (ISAT) 403.30p +3.49%Essar Energy (ESSR) 271.10p +3.43%Xstrata (XTA) 1,032.00p +3.20%Antofagasta (ANTO) 1,180.00p +3.15%ARM Holdings (ARM) 504.00p +3.13%Man Group (EMG) 193.00p +3.10%Rio Tinto (RIO) 3,522.00p +3.09%FTSE 100 - FallersLloyds Banking Group (LLOY) 30.31p -1.73%Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS) 24.21p -0.33%British American Tobacco (BATS) 2,605.50p +0.27%Marks & Spencer Group (MKS) 326.80p +0.43%Fresnillo (FRES) 1,642.00p +0.49%ITV (ITV) 57.40p +0.61%Schroders (Non-Voting) (SDRC) 1,131.00p +0.62%Imperial Tobacco Group (IMT) 1,988.00p +0.71%Tesco (TSCO) 362.90p +0.79%Morrison (Wm) Supermarkets (MRW) 279.30p +0.83%FTSE 250 - RisersPremier Foods (PFD) 14.42p +10.50%Ashtead Group (AHT) 118.40p +5.43%Spirit Pub Company (SPRT) 43.63p +5.41%Rotork (ROR) 1,600.00p +5.12%Aquarius Platinum Ltd. (AQP) 228.00p +5.12%Afren (AFR) 104.90p +4.80%Genus (GNS) 894.00p +4.75%Michael Page International (MPI) 402.20p +4.69%Anglo Pacific Group (APF) 268.90p +4.59%New World Resources A Shares (NWR) 570.50p +4.58%FTSE 250 - FallersExillon Energy (EXI) 316.70p -4.03%Halma (HLMA) 352.50p -2.14%Moneysupermarket.com Group (MONY) 102.30p -0.68%African Barrick Gold (ABG) 533.50p -0.65%Unite Group (UTG) 162.00p -0.49%JPMorgan Russian Securities (JRS) 512.50p -0.49%Phoenix Group Holdings (DI) (PHNX) 459.60p -0.48%Computacenter (CCC) 393.00p -0.38%AZ Electronic Materials SA (WI) (AZEM) 217.20p -0.32%Spirax-Sarco Engineering (SPX) 1,672.00p -0.30%---RG