Updates from Lloyds and Shell

A 50-point lift from the FTSE 100 yesterday, helped by positive US economic numbers, rising to 6,621. Diageo was the Board's biggest climber, up +3.24% to 2054p while SSE saw the biggest drop, down -3.85% to 1575p.

Overnight in Asia the Nikkei 225 is up +1.78% to 13,910 while the Hang Seng climbs +0.56% to 22,005. %VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%