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British FTSE 100 drops 0.44 pct

Xinhua, June 18, 2015 Adjust font size:

FTSE 100 Index, British benchmark stock market gauge, Wednesday decreased by 0.44 percent, or 29.55 points, to 6,680.55 points, as Greece continued to fight with creditors to secure a bailout deal.

The markets was sensitive ahead of the conclusion of a monetary policy meeting at the Federal Reserve.

The British central bank Wednesday said the strength of the headwinds to growth had begun to ease. Some analysts said that means some countries would likely start to normalize monetary policy, especially the United States.

Persimmon's share price increased by 1.63 percent, topping the gainers of the blue chips. Barratt Developments, Sky, BT Group and Centrica increased by 1.48 percent, 1.36 percent, 1.25 percent and 1.16 percent respectively.

Experian led the top losers of the blue chips with a share price drop of 2.88 percent, followed by Land Securities Group (2.52 percent), British Land Company (2.46 percent), Rolls-Royce Holdings (2.44 percent) and Kingfisher (2.31 percent). Endit