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British FTSE 100 closes flat on Wednesday

Xinhua, July 16, 2015 Adjust font size:

FTSE 100 Index, the British benchmark stock market gauge, Wednesday closed flat at 6,753.75 points.

The London stock index ended the session flat before a critical vote in Greek parliament on the package of reforms requested by international creditors.

The British employment data is weaker than expected, data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed Wednesday. The unemployment total rose for the first time in more than two years.

British unemployment rate rose to 5.6 percent in the three months to May 2015, from 5.5 percent in the three months to April 2015.

Travis Perkins's share price increased by 2.77 percent, topped the gainers of the blue chips. RSA Insurance Group, Mondi, Inmarsat and London Stock Exchange Group rose by 1.80 percent, 1.62 percent, 1.55 percent and 1.50 percent respectively.

GKN led the top losers of the blue chips with a share price drop of 2.79 percent, followed by Burberry Group (2.59 percent), Randgold Resources Ltd. (1.47 percent), Glencore (1.35 percent) and Johnson Matthey (1.14 percent). Endit