Lloyds Share News (LLOY)

Markets pulled back from new 13-year highs on Wednesday morning as traders turned cautious ahead of statements from central banks in the UK and US.The FTSE 100 finished at a closing price of 6,803.87 on Tuesday, extending its impressive year-to-date rise to over 15%. The index is now coming close to the all-time closing high of 6,930.2 reached on December 30th 1999. Overnight saw the latest policy decision from Japan, where officials decided to stick with their ultra-loose monetary policy measures, as expected. The Bank of Japan did however saw that its move to double its monetary base within two years to achieve a 2.0% inflation rate was starting to work and the economy has "started picking up".First up this morning will be minutes from the latest Monetary Policy Committee meeting in the UK. Chief Economist Simon Smith from FX Pro said that the market will look for signs of a "softening" from those pushing for more asset purchases over the past three months. "With growth upgraded and inflation projections downgraded and the Governor sounding modestly more confident, we could well see a scaling back of those voting for more quantitative easing. This would provide some support for sterling after yesterday's sell-off."Traders are also awaiting the minutes of this month's Federal Open Market Committee meeting Stateside which are due out this evening, as speculation ramps up about the Fed's potential 'exit strategy' from its $85bn-a-month asset purchase programme.FTSE 100: ARM falls on Morgan Stanley commentsChip designer ARM Holdings was under pressure this morning after comments made by US bank Morgan Stanley yesterday. The broker said that while the company remains the "best in class", the share price is pricing in a lot already and the valuation "continues to defy gravity". The broker said that the markets is "ignoring a potential design loss in a Samsung tablet to Intel, Intel's new Silvermont chip, signs of commoditisation in the smartphone market and consumers' appetite moving from number of cores to bigger screen sizes".Engineering firm Rolls-Royce was also lower despite winning an engine order from CIT Aerospace to power 10 Airbus XWB aircraft and 13 Airbus A330 aircraft.SSE was in the red despite saying that adjusted profit rose 5.6% in the year ended March thanks to a rise in prices and a cold winter period.Leading the upside was Lloyds after saying that it will be able to meet new heavier capital requirements from its existing business and selective disposals, responding to claims that it was overstating its capital.FTSE 250: Britvic jumps as profits riseSoft drinks group Britvic gained after serving up a strong set of interim results, with pre-tax profit rising from £24.8m to £37.5m in the 28 weeks to April 15th. Intermediate Capital was another high riser after unveiling record assets under management in 2012/13 and saying that realisations were picking up after subdued activity last year.FTSE 100 - RisersLloyds Banking Group (LLOY) 62.95p +2.31%William Hill (WMH) 454.00p +1.66%easyJet (EZJ) 1,271.00p +1.52%Antofagasta (ANTO) 975.00p +1.14%Aggreko (AGK) 1,873.00p +0.92%Serco Group (SRP) 645.50p +0.86%Barclays (BARC) 325.95p +0.82%International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (CDI) (IAG) 281.40p +0.79%Marks & Spencer Group (MKS) 471.60p +0.79%BAE Systems (BA.) 420.80p +0.74%FTSE 100 - FallersEurasian Natural Resources Corp. (ENRC) 257.40p -3.27%Burberry Group (BRBY) 1,500.00p -2.66%ARM Holdings (ARM) 1,039.00p -2.44%Morrison (Wm) Supermarkets (MRW) 282.80p -2.25%Evraz (EVR) 155.90p -1.83%Wolseley (WOS) 3,425.00p -1.67%Intertek Group (ITRK) 3,225.00p -1.50%Glencore Xstrata (GLEN) 342.15p -1.11%Polymetal International (POLY) 662.00p -1.05%CRH (CRH) 1,427.00p -1.04%FTSE 250 - RisersBritvic (BVIC) 513.00p +8.64%Intermediate Capital Group (ICP) 482.10p +5.65%Travis Perkins (TPK) 1,586.00p +2.52%Catlin Group Ltd. (CGL) 554.00p +1.74%Senior (SNR) 276.70p +1.32%Amlin (AML) 436.60p +1.28%Alent (ALNT) 353.80p +1.26%BH Macro Ltd. EUR Shares (BHME) € 22.90 +1.19%Dixons Retail (DXNS) 42.76p +1.18%Salamander Energy (SMDR) 207.20p +1.07%FTSE 250 - FallersKazakhmys (KAZ) 345.70p -5.37%Daejan Holdings (DJAN) 3,965.00p -2.82%Provident Financial (PFG) 1,575.00p -2.78%Ashtead Group (AHT) 653.00p -2.68%IP Group (IPO) 135.40p -2.52%Beazley (BEZ) 234.90p -2.45%Menzies(John) (MNZS) 746.00p -2.42%New World Resources A Shares (NWR) 117.60p -2.00%Telecom Plus (TEP) 1,221.00p -1.93%Thomas Cook Group (TCG) 148.80p -1.85%FTSE TechMARK - RisersRicardo (RCDO) 414.50p +1.10%Innovation Group (TIG) 27.50p +0.92%NCC Group (NCC) 111.50p +0.91%Optos (OPTS) 131.00p +0.77%Wolfson Microelectronics (WLF) 221.00p +0.45%Kofax (KFX) 325.00p +0.31%Triad Group (TRD) 6.50p 0.00%Torotrak (TRK) 30.50p 0.00%Promethean World (PRW) 18.00p 0.00%Ark Therapeutics Group (AKT) 0.43p 0.00%BC