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Shares in British banks were broadly down in morning trading on the FTSE 100 this morning after Lloyds Banking Group and Standard Chartered reported their half year results.

Shares in Lloyds Banking Group were down on the FTSE 100 ahead of its half year results, due out tomorrow.

The pound sterling was up to a six month high against the dollar today as confidence about the state of the British economy started to increase.

Northern Rock has stumbled to a £146m pre-tax loss after savers withdrew their money following a Government guarantee which ended upon the separation of the good bank from the bad loans.

Shares in British banks were broadly down in morning trading on the FTSE 100 following a strong session yesterday.

Shares in British banks were up in morning trading on the FTSE 100 following some strong results from HSBC and BNP Paribas and some good news last week for part-nationalised RBS.

Shares in HSBC were up in morning trading on the FTSE 100 after the bank posted a rise in pre-tax profit in the half year ended 30 June.

Shares in HSBC fell yesterday on the FTSE 100 following U.S. GDP results and ahead of first half results due to published in Monday.

Shares in British banks were broadly down in morning trading on the FTSE 100 ahead of second quarter GDP data due to be released this afternoon in the U.S.

Banco Santander SA - the Spanish owner of Santander UK (Formerly Abbey National), Alliance & Leicester and Bradford & Bingley has said that it will buy 300 former William & Glyn's RBS branches in the UK after posting ten percent rises in profit for the year so far.

Shares in British banks were broadly up on the FTSE 100 in morning trading after a string of good company results helped boost investor confidence.

Shares in Lloyds Banking Group were down on the FTSE 100 in morning trading after it emerged that the part nationalised bank would no longer be offering payment protection insurance (PPI) to new borrowers.

Shares in British banks were up on the FTSE 100 in morning trading after strong results from European banks.

Shares in British banks were up on the FTSE 100 in morning trading following the release of the results of "stress tests" on Friday evening.

The British Banker's association has said that high street lending figures for June show a net consumer credit, business credit and mortgage lending fall.

Shares in British banks were broadly up in morning trading on the FTSE 100 after stronger than expected GDP figures for the second quarter helped offset fears about the results of stress tests due to be released today.

Shares in British banks were up on the FTSE 100 in morning trading ahead of stress test results due out tomorrow.

Shares in British banks were down on the FTSE 100 in morning trading as investors exercised caution ahead of results due to be published by U.S. banking giant Goldman Sachs.

Shares in British banks were mixed in morning trading on the FTSE 100, with Barclays and RBS shares dropping amid concerns about the eurozone and the state of the global economic recovery.

Shares in British banks were down on the FTSE 100 as U.S. bank JP Morgan reported weaknesses in its investment banking arm.

Shares in British banks were down on the FTSE 100 in morning trading as fears of a weaker global economic recovery once more entered the front of investor's minds.

Shares in British banks were generally down on the FTSE 100 despite a rally on the index spurred by strong earnings from the U.S.

Shares in British banks were up on the FTSE 100 as investors started to look with confidence into the future, following strong results from a U.S. mining giant.

Shares in British banks were mixed in morning trading on the FTSE 100 following news that the British GDP growth was unchanged at 0.3 per cent for the first quarter.

Shares in British banks were broadly down on the FTSE 100 in morning trading after gains made earlier in the week.

Shares in British banks were soaring on the FTSE 100 in morning trading after a dismal performance last week was eradicated by U.S. company news and the IMF.

Shares in British banks declined on the FTSE 100 in morning trading after poor data from the U.S. yesterday added to the feeling among investors that the global economic recovery is far from certain.

Shares in British banks were up in morning trading on the FTSE 100, helping the index to make its way back above 4,900 after a series of heavy falls last week and on Monday.

Shares in British banks were down on the FTSE 100 in morning trading as investors continued to fret over the state of the eurozone and the global economic recovery.

Shares in British banks were largely up on the FTSE 100 in morning trading after days of heavy losses brought about by fears of a double-dip recession.