London open: Markets gain after HSBC results, China data

- HSBC impresses with Q3 profits- China services PMI paints improved outlook- Weir, Ryanair surprise with profit warningstechMARK 2,665.03 +0.28%FTSE 100 6,768.87 +0.51%FTSE 250 15,522.69 +0.43%UK markets started the new week on a positive note, helped by some well-received quarterly results from London-listed banking giant HSBC as well as improving data from China.Shares in HSBC, the FTSE 100's largest stock by market capitalisation, edged higher early on after delivering a 10% jump in underlying profits in the third quarter.Meanwhile, activity in China's services sector in October expanded at its fastest pace in the last year, reinforcing confidence that the world's largest economy is on a stable growth path. The non-manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI) rose from 55.4 to 56.3 in last month, according to data reported by National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) and China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing (CFLP). This following last Friday's NBS report that showed that the manufacturing PMI hit an 18-month high in October. "Given the efforts of the Chinese government to steer the economy away from the export-led model to one focused more on services, this data is increasingly important, and very encouraging," said Market Analyst Craig Erlam from Alpari."If the services sector can pick up more and more of the slack here, it will go a long way to preventing a hard landing, which many fear could happen, while allowing the government to address its growing debt," he said.HSBC gains after Q3 resultsHSBC gained this morning after saying that underlying profit before tax totalled $5.06bn in the three months to September 30th, up 10% from $4.6bn the year before. Underlying revenues however were broadly unchanged at $15.6bn.Mining stocks were also on the rise this morning, buoyed by the upbeat outlook for top metals consumer China. Antofagasta, Rio Tinto, Anglo American and BHP Billiton were among the best performers.Heading the other way was Weir Group after the engineering firm cut its full-year profit outlook due to the impact of the recent weakness in the US and Australian dollar.Ryanair also surprised the market with a profit warning today, saying that full-year profits will fall for the first time in five years as airfares drop in Europe due to fierce competition. Sector peers easyJet and IAG were also out of favour this morning.Utility peers SSE and Centrica were trading lower after analysts at Investec downgraded their ratings on both stocks to 'reduce'.FTSE 100 - RisersHSBC Holdings (HSBA) 701.70p +2.10%Antofagasta (ANTO) 853.50p +1.97%Melrose Industries (MRO) 321.80p +1.26%Fresnillo (FRES) 969.50p +1.25%Bunzl (BNZL) 1,395.00p +1.23%Rio Tinto (RIO) 3,221.00p +1.16%GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) 1,668.50p +1.15%Next (NXT) 5,535.00p +1.10%Reckitt Benckiser Group (RB.) 4,830.00p +1.05%Land Securities Group (LAND) 986.00p +1.02%FTSE 100 - FallersWeir Group (WEIR) 2,076.00p -7.98%easyJet (EZJ) 1,241.00p -4.24%International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (CDI) (IAG) 344.70p -2.60%Meggitt (MGGT) 498.40p -2.08%Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS) 334.20p -1.71%United Utilities Group (UU.) 695.00p -1.00%ARM Holdings (ARM) 968.00p -0.82%GKN (GKN) 368.30p -0.41%Severn Trent (SVT) 1,854.00p -0.38%Rolls-Royce Holdings (RR.) 1,139.00p -0.35%FTSE 250 - RisersSupergroup (SGP) 1,167.00p +2.64%Afren (AFR) 153.70p +2.47%Soco International (SIA) 410.00p +2.22%Telecity Group (TCY) 776.00p +2.17%Evraz (EVR) 119.20p +2.14%DCC (DCC) 2,866.00p +2.07%Henderson Group (HGG) 221.60p +2.07%BH Global Ltd. USD Shares (BHGU) 11.63 +2.02%Betfair Group (BET) 1,009.00p +2.02%Euromoney Institutional Investor (ERM) 1,090.00p +1.77%FTSE 250 - FallersThomas Cook Group (TCG) 140.20p -2.98%Imagination Technologies Group (IMG) 264.80p -1.93%Computacenter (CCC) 581.00p -1.86%St. Modwen Properties (SMP) 346.70p -1.45%AL Noor Hospitals Group (ANH) 850.00p -1.16%Millennium & Copthorne Hotels (MLC) 569.50p -0.96%Bovis Homes Group (BVS) 793.50p -0.81%PayPoint (PAY) 1,024.00p -0.78%Oxford Instruments (OXIG) 1,261.00p -0.71%RPC Group (RPC) 513.00p -0.68%BC