Lloyds Share News (LLOY)

Stocks have recovered from earlier falls on what could be a jittery day following last week's slide, with falling mining shares signalling continued nervousness over global economic prospects.Mining giants such as Rio Tinto and ENRC are out of favour today, though precious metal miners such as Randgold Resources and Fresnillo are wanted again. Banks RBS and Lloyds are also on the rise, partially recovering from heavy losses last week.Reports suggest the European Central Bank is set to wade into the financial markets today in an attempt to prevent the turmoil in the single-currency area from spiralling out of control. Meanwhile, in the UK, the market is braced for a bleak quarterly inflation report from the Bank of England later this week, which is expected to confirm the picture of disappointing growth at home and abroad. The final sour cherry on the cake is the announcement last week by ratings agency Standard & Poor's (S&P) of a downgrade of its rating for US sovereign debt to AA+. S&P decided to maintain its 'negative' outlook on the long-term debt, although both the short and long-term ratings have been removed from "credit watch". Premier Foods is posting a double digit percentage recovery today after sliding on Friday following a sharp drop in profits at the Hovis bread group.In company news, data centre operator Telecity is lower after saying it saw half-year earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) rise 30.5% to £49.45m from £37.89m last year, while the EBITDA margin improved to 44.4% from 40.4%. Aerospace group Hampson Industries falls back said volatile conditions within the aerospace tooling market remain with Odyssey in particular facing short term revenue, operational and timing challenges. Results at its Odyssey and GTS tooling businesses for the half of the year and the full year will be lower than initially forecast as the results from cost cuts take longer than expected, it warned. FTSE 100 - RisersRoyal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS) 29.89p +6.07%Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY) 34.33p +4.51%Barclays (BARC) 193.40p +3.98%Fresnillo (FRES) 1,888.00p +3.51%Rolls-Royce Group (RR.) 586.50p +3.44%Prudential (PRU) 633.00p +2.76%International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (IAG) 202.50p +2.27%Standard Life (SL.) 176.70p +2.20%Legal & General Group (LGEN) 96.85p +2.16%Aviva (AV.) 347.20p +2.12%FTSE 100 - FallersEurasian Natural Resources Corp. (ENRC) 624.00p -1.42%Reckitt Benckiser Group (RB.) 3,158.00p -1.16%Imperial Tobacco Group (IMT) 2,057.00p -0.68%Rio Tinto (RIO) 3,605.00p -0.47%Pearson (PSON) 1,097.00p -0.45%Admiral Group (ADM) 1,492.00p -0.33%Diageo (DGE) 1,187.00p -0.25%Johnson Matthey (JMAT) 1,764.00p -0.17%Centrica (CNA) 304.60p -0.13%Unilever (ULVR) 1,959.00p -0.10%FTSE 250 - RisersPremier Foods (PFD) 15.00p +15.74%Centamin Egypt Ltd. (CEY) 94.90p +5.86%Micro Focus International Plc (MCRO) 262.40p +4.96%Supergroup (SGP) 915.00p +4.45%Regus (RGU) 91.75p +4.38%Home Retail Group (HOME) 124.70p +4.09%COLT Group SA (COLT) 120.20p +4.07%Enterprise Inns (ETI) 45.60p +3.78%BBA Aviation (BBA) 183.70p +3.55%Chemring Group (CHG) 534.00p +3.09%FTSE 250 - FallersJD Sports Fashion (JD.) 851.00p -4.38%JPMorgan Asian Inv Trust (JAI) 208.50p -3.70%Kenmare Resources (KMR) 40.95p -3.65%Fidelity China Special Situations (FCSS) 84.60p -3.64%Exillon Energy (EXI) 361.80p -3.29%TR Property Inv Trust Sigma Shares (TRYS) 82.50p -2.83%British Empire Securities & General Trust (BTEM) 477.10p -2.83%EnQuest (ENQ) 102.40p -2.66%Afren (AFR) 102.80p -2.56%Jupiter Fund Management (JUP) 194.20p -2.41%