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British FTSE 100 closes slightly lower on Tuesday

Xinhua, February 11, 2015 Adjust font size:

FTSE 100 Index, the British benchmark stock market gauge, decreased by 0.12 percent, or 8.03 points, to 6,829.12 on Tuesday.

British total production output unexpectedly decreased by 0.2 percent between November 2014 and December 2014, due to a sharp drop in mining and quarrying production, said the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on Tuesday.

Marks & Spencer Group's share price increased by 4.88 percent, topped the gainers of the blue chips. EasyJet, Tesco, Wm. Morrison Supermarkets and Dixons Carphone increased by 3.76 percent, 3.62 percent, 3.43 percent and 2.61 percent respectively.

Royal Mail led the top losers of the blue chips with a share price drop of 4.91 percent, followed by Fresnillo (4.07 percent), Randgold Resources (3.51 percent), Rio Tinto (3.31 percent) and Antofagasta (3.21 percent).

The index has gained 4.13 percent so far this year when measured in U.S. dollars. Endit