FTSE 100 movers: Financials firing; Burberry out of fashion

Financial stocks gained as the Bank of England kept interest rates unchanged.

Barclays, Standard Life, Royal Bank of Scotland, and St James's Place all made healthy gains as the FTSE 100 weakened after the BoE voted 8-1 to maintain the Bank Rate at 0.5%.

London Stock Exchange shares rose on news that Deutsche Boerse had reached the halfway point in signing up investors to support the merger of the two firms.

International Airlines Group (IAG) shares took off after the company said it would add two Airbus 330-300 aircraft to the Aer Lingus fleet next year.

Burberry shares were still out of favour in the wake of the company's announcement on Tuesday of a fall in first quarter sales

Market Movers

FTSE 100 (UKX) 6,683.35 0.19%

FTSE 100 - Risers

Anglo American (AAL) 843.60p 3.87%
Barclays (BARC) 148.60p 2.41%
Standard Life (SL.) 288.50p 2.20%
St James's Place (STJ) 854.50p 2.09%
Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS) 181.30p 1.97%
easyJet (EZJ) 1,142.00p 1.96%
Legal & General Group (LGEN) 189.40p 1.94%
London Stock Exchange Group (LSE) 2,628.00p 1.62%
Rio Tinto (RIO) 2,500.00p 1.61%
Sage Group (SGE) 656.50p 1.55%

FTSE 100 - Fallers

Burberry Group (BRBY) 1,247.00p -2.50%
Relx plc (REL) 1,395.00p -1.83%
Marks & Spencer Group (MKS) 332.90p -1.60%
TUI AG Reg Shs (DI) (TUI) 978.00p -1.46%
Reckitt Benckiser Group (RB.) 7,457.00p -1.23%
Persimmon (PSN) 1,534.00p -1.22%
Randgold Resources Ltd. (RRS) 8,945.00p -1.21%
Merlin Entertainments (MERL) 467.20p -1.12%
Mediclinic International (MDC) 1,061.00p -1.12%
Fresnillo (FRES) 1,916.00p -1.03%