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FTSE 100 up 0.09 pct on Thursday

Xinhua, May 22, 2015 Adjust font size:

FTSE 100 Index, Britain's benchmark stock market gauge, inched up by 0.09 percent, or 6.21 points, to 7,013.47 points.

Good economic data from Britain backed the London stock index.

Britain's retail sales volume increased by 1.2 percent in April 2015 compared with that of the previous month, with all store types showing growth, said the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on Thursday.

Aberdeen Asset Management topped the gainers of the blue chips with a share price increase of 2.19 percent, followed by Marks & Spencer Group (1.71 percent), Hargreaves Lansdown (1.67 percent), Smiths Group (1.54 percent) and Vodafone Group (1.53 percent).

Taylor Wimpey's share price dropped by 4.07 percent, leading the losers of the blue chips. EasyJet, International Consolidated Airlines Group SA, Carnival and Randgold Resources Ltd. decreased by 2.37 percent, 2.29 percent, 1.87 percent and 1.79 percent respectively.

The index has gained 8.65 percent so far this year when measured in U.S. dollars. Endit