Bank shares with 0.8% higher

"MarketWatch New York May 19," Beijing time May 19, the London market, bank shares rose, Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and Barclays, the rise in the lead.　　The FTSE 100 index is moderately high, and the index is struggling to break through an important resistance position. RBS shares rose 4.4% per cent. A number of media reports say the British government is testing whether outsiders are interested in acquiring shares in the government of some banks, such as the partially nationalised RBS.　　The financial sector will rebound sharply in the past few months as long as the UK Financial Investment Corporation, which manages the stakes on behalf of the British Government, has moved on. Financial stocks have been the mainstay of Britain's rebound since March, and the sector is doing well today.　　Barclays shares rose 5% per cent and HSBC Holdings (HBC) climbed 3.5%.　　Under the impetus of several sectors led by bank shares, as of Monday London time 4:30 (Beijing time Monday 23:30 P.M.), the overall situation of the British stock index: FTSE 100 rose 35.8 points, closed at 4482.25 points, or 0.8%. Mike Lenhoff, chief analyst at UK brokerage Brewin Dolphin, said: "I think the FTSE 100 is having a hard time breaking through the 4,500 hurdles, and it needs some help from Wall Street to succeed in the future." "At the close of the British stock, the U.S. stocks in midday trading fluctuated on the flat line.　　The number of new homes unveiled in the United States this morning is poor and investor sentiment is affected. In other markets, the pound has hit a new high against the dollar to a pound of $1.5513 trillion against the US currency.　　Oil futures in the New York market hit a six-month high of $60.99 trillion. The rise in metal futures prices and the sharp rise in mineral extraction stocks also provide a stabilizing support for the FTSE 100 index.　　Shares in Anglo-American stocks rose 7.5%,xstrata 5%. The latest economic data in the UK are: consumer-price inflation in April fell to 2.3%, down from 2.9% in March, to a new low since January 2008. Another inflation indicator: The retail price index (RPI) fell by 1.2% in April.　　RPI is a more general inflation indicator in the UK, which is priced into house prices. Philip Shaw, an analyst at Investec Securities, said: "April was a dramatic one-month price change, but the main change was the fall in prices such as food and water and electricity." The market has not reacted clearly because it is only one months of data. "The share price of the big companies that released the earnings today is generally heavy. The shares of Vodafone Group (VOD) fell 4%.　　The wireless telecoms giant announced that profits fell 54% per cent to 3.1 billion pounds in the past fiscal year, largely in line with the derogatory expenses of 5.9 billion pounds, mainly from the Spanish operations sector. Marks &Spencer's shares tumbled 8.1%. The department operator announced that full-year profits fell 38% to £ 508 million. "Given the uncertainty of the economic outlook and a firmer foundation for the company's advance, the company's board of Directors has decided to adjust its dividend policy," the retailer said, with 22.5 pence to 15 pence per dividend. Marks & Spencer points out that the outlook for the rest of the year is not rosy, and the company is still cautious Arden analysts commented that the Marks & Spencer Outlook is "particularly gloomy,　　We are not sure whether the company's management has stopped the momentum of market share loss. Since March this year, Marks & Spencer and other retail stocks and banking stocks have rebounded sharply. Today's big retail stocks fell and next shares fell 2.1%,william Morrison's share price slipped 1.4%.