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British FTSE 100 up 0.41 pct on Thursday

Xinhua, June 19, 2015 Adjust font size:

FTSE 100 Index, British benchmark stock market gauge, Thursday increased by 0.41 percent, or 27.33 points, to 6,707.88 points.

The London stock index technically adjusted after a four-day drop. Good economic data from Britain lifted the market, but concerns about Greece crisis limited the gains.

Britain's retail sales volume increased by 4.6 percent in May 2015 compared with that of a year earlier, recording the 26th consecutive year-on-year (yoy) growth, the longest period of sustained growth since May 2008, according to the official data.

Randgold Resources's share price increased by 2.69 percent, topping the gainers of the blue chips. Anglo American, Johnson Matthey, BHP Billiton and Mondi increased by 2.60 percent, 2.43 percent, 2.38 percent and 2.34 percent respectively.

3i Group led the top losers of the blue chips with a share price drop of 3.09 percent, followed by Severn Trent (2.88 percent), TUI AG Reg Shs (1.23 percent), Pearson (1.10 percent) and RSA Insurance Group (1.03 percent). Endit