quarter revenue growth outpaced a rise in costs. The news supported other banks, with Barclays and HBOS both up around 1 percent. Mining stock Anglo American , punished in Wednesday's sell-off as the gold price fell from an 18-year peak, rose 1 percent, while Xstrata added 2.7 percent as copper prices headed to fresh records and gold rallied. "The falls in one or two of the sectors yesterday were overdone. All the resource stocks took a tumble, and they're recovering today. It shows you what a fickle market it is," said a trader. --SP 2118 Local Time 1818 GMT