After an afternoon of see-sawing between the red and the blue, Footsie finished in positive territory and above the 4,900 point mark, continuing its rally. State-owned lender Royal Bank of Scotland finished with good gains after it said it will cut the level of benefits received by members of its generous final salary pension scheme. It's thought the move will save the bank £500m in addition to annual savings of £100m.Miners were the main drag on Footsie as it struggled to haul itself into the blue. Kazakhmys, Xstrata, Antofagasta, Eurasian Natural Resources, Rio Tinto, BHP Billiton and Randgold Resources are the worst of the sector. Car insurer Admiral was also lower even though it announced another record half year profit despite the poor economic conditions, prompting the firm to pay out record dividends and give its employees free shares worth £4.5m in total. But the shares fell following a good run over the past few months.Cairn Energy reported a loss after tax, but before a $55m exceptional item, of $20m for the six months to 30 June versus a $17m profit a year ago. Punch Taverns is picking itself up off the canvas and is confident of its longer term prospects, while its expectations for the full year remain unchanged. The near term outlook is harder to read, the company said, due to the lack of forward visibility on trading outlook. Housebuilder Persimmon reported a drop in first half profits, but says selling prices have stabilised in most parts of mainland UK. Instrumentation and controls company Spectris reported a 66% drop in first-half profits as challenging market conditions continued with weak demand across all major regions.James Fisher, the leading UK marine services group, said strong organic growth overseas led by the Specialist Technical division more than offset the recessionary issues in the UK market.Aggreko, provider of mobile generators, reported a 56% increase in interim pre-tax profit, upped its dividend 15% and said its outlook for the full year remains unchanged. Outsourced workplaces provider Regus upped its interim dividend by 33.3% despite a drop in first half profits.Half-year losses grew at West End-focused office developer Derwent London as the value of its property portfolio tumbled by £259m.Building alarms company Visonic is the big noise among the FTSE TechMARK constituents after increasing pre-tax profits by a third. FTSE 100 - RisersMan Group (EMG) 280.00p +4.83%Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS) 53.75p +3.86%British Airways (BAY) 196.60p +3.53%Cable & Wireless (CW.) 148.00p +2.85%G4S (GFS) 222.20p +2.78%Serco Group (SRP) 455.00p +2.69%Vodafone Group (VOD) 134.15p +2.37%Standard Life (SL.) 201.30p +2.34%United Utilities Group (UU.) 462.50p +2.19%Home Retail Group (HOME) 310.90p +1.87%FTSE 100 - FallersKazakhmys (KAZ) 945.00p -3.57%Antofagasta (ANTO) 789.50p -3.01%Admiral Group (ADM) 1,044.00p -2.61%Eurasian Natural Resources (ENRC) 874.00p -2.51%Standard Chartered (STAN) 1,398.00p -2.24%Old Mutual (OML) 92.55p -1.75%Randgold Resources (RRS) 3,524.00p -1.59%London Stock Exchange Group (LSE) 814.50p -1.51%Cairn Energy (CNE) 2,586.00p -1.41%TUI Travel (TT.) 238.10p -1.41%FTSE 250 - RisersPunch Taverns (PUB) 130.90p +21.65%Regus (RGU) 96.00p +14.97%Aggreko (AGK) 670.00p +9.12%Spectris (SXS) 655.00p +7.11%Morgan Crucible (MGCR) 160.40p +6.65%Hargreaves Lansdown (HL.) 242.80p +6.44%Filtrona PLC (FLTR) 160.90p +5.86%BlueBay Asset Management (BBAY) 307.00p +5.86%Taylor Wimpey (TW.) 53.20p +5.45%Barratt Developments (BDEV) 257.70p +4.88%FTSE 250 - FallersFisher (James) & Sons (FSJ) 477.00p -6.47%Cookson Group (CKSN) 412.00p -4.78%Mcbride (MCB) 138.30p -4.62%Aquarius Platinum Ltd. (AQP) 276.40p -3.76%Galiform (GFRM) 64.35p -3.67%Daejan Holdings (DJAN) 2,690.00p -3.41%SVG Capital (SVI) 137.50p -3.17%Fidessa (FDSA) 1,105.00p -3.07%Shaftesbury (SHB) 377.00p -2.96%Premier Oil (PMO) 1,356.00p -2.87%