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British FTSE 100 loses 0.56 pct on Thursday

Xinhua, August 21, 2015 Adjust font size:

FTSE 100 Index, the British benchmark stock market gauge, Thursday dropped by 0.56 percent, or 35.56 points, to 6367.89 points.

Paper producer Mondi's share price dropped by 3.00 percent, topping the losers of the blue chips.

Share prices of Prudential, Taylor Wimpey, Carnival and Hargreaves Lansdown declined by 2.81 percent, 2.70 percent, 2.67 percent and 2.16 percent respectively.

Precious metal miner Randgold Resources led the top gainers of the blue chips with a share price increase of 5.79 percent, followed by Fresnillo (5.63 percent), Anglo American (4.38 percent), Admiral Group (4.27 percent) and Antofagasta (3.53 percent).

Trading volume in FTSE 100 companies was slightly higher than its 30-day average. And the index has gained 0.04 percent so far this year. Endit