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FTSE 100 close higher on Friday

Xinhua, April 11, 2015 Adjust font size:

FTSE 100 Index, British benchmark stock market gauge, Friday increased by 1.06 percent, or 74.41 points, to 7,089.77 points, spurred by a good economic prospect in Britain.

The Britain National Institute of Economic and Social Research Friday estimated the country's economy grew by 0.6 percent in the three months ending in March 2015 after a growth of 0.6 percent in the three months ending in February 2015.

Shire's share price increased by 4.80 percent, topping the gainers of the blue chips. Aberdeen Asset Management, ITV, Barratt Developments and Taylor Wimpey increased by 4.64 percent, 3.56 percent, 3.14 percent and 3.04 percent respectively.

Kingfisher led the top losers of the blue chips with a share price drop of 0.84 percent, followed by CRH (0.66 percent), Rio Tinto (0.54 percent), Lloyds Banking Group (0.48 percent) and Barclays (0.35 percent).

The index has gained 9.36 percent so far this year when measured in U.S. dollar. Endit