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British FTSE 100 rises 1.77 pct on Thursday

Xinhua, January 22, 2016 Adjust font size:

FTSE 100 Index, the British benchmark stock market gauge, Thursday rose by 1.77 percent, or 100.21 points, to close at 5,773.79 points.

Share price of Pearson increased by 17.41 percent, topped the gainers of the blue chips. Glencore, Anglo American, BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto increased by 15.52 percent, 12.19 percent, 10.66 percent, 5.99 percent respectively.

Compass Group led the top losers of the blue chips with a share price drop of 4.06 percent, followed by SSE (2.89 percent), BAE Systems (2.20 percent), Sports Direct International (1.51 percent) and Hikma Pharmaceuticals (0.99 percent). Endit