Some of the UK’s biggest listed banks are slightly on the rise today after the Bank of England confirmed the major lenders had passed its latest stress tests and lowered the benchmark tier-one capital requirement.

Lloyds (1.51%) and Standard Chartered (1.28%) are two members of the FTSE 100 which have seen their shares increase. NatWest is also up.

Land Securities (2.33%) and British Land (2.26%) have also moved higher, with telecommunications giant Vodafone (1.54%) up too, just a day after Virgin Media was hit with a big Ofcom fine.

Victrex (6.41%) is the standout riser in the FTSE 250 after announcing its ‘profit improvement plan’, whilst the FTSE 100’s Rightmove (-1.58%) and Auto Trader (-1.58%) have fallen. 

Among the sharper FTSE 250 decliners, Foresight Group Holdings (-7.37%) is down despite its positive half-year results which were published this morning. 

Oxford Nanopore (-6.40%), XPS Pensions (-4.50%), Ithaca Energy (-3.40%) and Ceres Power (-2.87%) are also in the red today.