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British FTSE 100 increases 0.22 pct on Thursday

Xinhua, December 25, 2015 Adjust font size:

FTSE 100 Index, the British benchmark stock market gauge, Thursday increased by 0.22 percent, or 13.66 points, to 6,254.64 points.

Share price of BP increased by 1.50 percent, topped the gainers of the blue chips. Anglo American, Mondi, Marks & Spencer Group and Intu Properties increased by 1.25 percent, 1.20 percent, 1.12 percent and 1.09 percent, respectively.

BT Group led the top losers of the blue chips with a share price drop of 1.56 percent, followed by Berkeley Group Holdings (1.17 percent), Tesco (1.08 percent), Glencore (0.96 percent) and Rio Tinto (0.87 percent). Endit