KCB Peel Hunt rated British Land shares a "buy".
Among banks RBS shares were up 2.27 per cent to 32.87 pence per share, Lloyds Banking Group saw its shares increase 3.81 per cent to 49.00 pence per share, HSBC shares rose 1.43 per cent to 657.70 pence per share and Barclays shares were up 3.04 per cent to 276.15 pence per share.
Overall the FTSE 100 was up 0.53 per cent by 26.91 points.