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FTSE 100 close lower on Tuesday

Xinhua, April 29, 2015 Adjust font size:

FTSE 100 Index, British benchmark stock market gauge, Tuesday decreased by 1.03 percent, or 73.45 points, to 7,030.53 points.

The London stock index fell ahead of Wednesday's policy decision from the U.S. Federal Reserve as disappointed data from Britain.

British gross domestic product (GDP) was estimated to have increased by 0.3 percent in the first quarter of 2015 compared with growth of 0.6 percent the fourth quarter of 2014, marking the slowest quarterly growth for two years, announced the Office for National Statistics (ONS) Tuesday.

Anglo American's share price increased by 2.31 percent, topped the gainers of the blue chips. Centrica, Fresnillo, Marks & Spencer Group and BHP Billiton increased by 2.30 percent, 2.13 percent, 1.37 percent and 1.31 percent respectively.

St James' Place led the top losers of the blue chips with a share price drop of 3.42 percent, followed by AstraZeneca (3.35 percent), Carnival (3.23 percent), Standard Chartered (3.18 percent) and Barratt Developments (3.17 percent).

The index has gained 8.62 percent so far this year when measured in U.S. dollar. Endit