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British FTSE 100 up 0.23 pct on Tuesday

Xinhua, July 15, 2015 Adjust font size:

FTSE 100 Index, British benchmark stock market gauge, Tuesday increased by 0.23 percent, or 15.80 points, to 6,753.75 points.

The London stock index closed with decent gains as the market looked to see how the Greek parliament responds to the proposed measures.

The Britain's consumer prices index (CPI) fell back to 0 percent in the year to June 2015, from 0.1 percent in May 2015, data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed Tuesday. Analysts said inflation was likely to pick up from the latter part of this year.

Sky's share price increased by 4.08 percent, topping the gainers of the blue chips. Meggitt, Tesco, RELX and Sainsbury's by 3.93 percent, 1.86 percent, 1.75 percent and 1.75 percent respectively.

TUI AG led the top losers of the blue chips with a share price drop of 1.93 percent, followed by GKN (1.85 percent), Johnson Matthey (1.80 percent), Weir Group (1.66 percent) and Persimmon (1.54 percent).

The index has gained 4.17 percent so far this year when adjusted in U.S. dollars. Endit