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British FTSE 100 decreases 0.70 pct on Friday

Xinhua, January 9, 2016 Adjust font size:

FTSE 100 Index, British benchmark stock market gauge, Friday decreased by 0.70 percent, or 41.64 points, to 5,912.44 points.

Share price of Tesco increased by 5.53 percent, topped the gainers of the blue chips. BAE Systems, easyJet, Rolls-Royce Holdings and Vodafone Group increased by 2.77 percent, 2.64 percent, 2.47 percent and 2.22 percent respectively.

Sports Direct International led the top losers of the blue chips with a share price drop of 15.37 percent, followed by Royal Dutch Shell A (5.92 percent), Royal Dutch Shell B (5.47 percent), Anglo American (4.76 percent) and Antofagasta (3.00 percent). Endit