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British FTSE 100 plunges 1.18 pct on Tuesday

Xinhua, May 27, 2015 Adjust font size:

FTSE 100 Index, the British benchmark stock market gauge, Tuesday decreased by 1.18 percent, or 82.73 points, to 6,948.99 points.

Royal Mail's share price increased by 3.58 percent, topped the gainers of the blue chips. Weir Group, easyJet, Carnival and Aggreko increased by 3.36 percent, 1.57 percent, 1.24 percent and 0.69 percent respectively.

Fresnillo led the top losers of the blue chips with a share price drop of 3.54 percent, followed by Randgold Resources Ltd. (3.52 percent), CRH (3.11 percent), Royal Bank of Scotland Group (2.79 percent) and Hikma Pharmaceuticals (2.75 percent).

The index has gained 7.84 percent so far this year when measured in U.S. dollar. Endit