Off the wire
• LME base metals decrease on Thursday  • Bulgaria, Russia to deepen cooperation in energy, tourism  • Kenya's bomb experts to detonate IEDs along Somali border  • Egypt receives 3 more Rafale jets from France  • Iran to buy 118 Airbus aircraft: statement  • Algeria to hike natural gas output to meet growing local, global demand  • France to expand growth in 2016 but joblessness still challenges: PM  • U.S. stocks trade mixed amid upbeat earnings, downbeat data  • Roundup: Rouhani's visit to Europe brings about deals worth billions of USD  • Turkey's population grows to 79 million, concerns over aging society renewed  
You are here: 　 Home

British FTSE 100 decreases 0.98 pct on Thursday

Xinhua, January 29, 2016 Adjust font size:

FTSE 100 Index, British benchmark stock market gauge, Thursday decreased by 0.98 percent, or 58.59 points, to 5,931.78 points.

Share price of Anglo American increased by 8.73 percent, topping the gainers of the blue chips. Tesco, Royal Dutch Shell B, Royal Dutch Shell A, Smiths Group increased by 3.23 percent, 2.33 percent, 2.19 percent and 1.48 percent respectively.

Ashtead led the top losers of the blue chips with a share price drop of 7.77 percent, followed by Carnival (6.42 percent), International Consolidated Airlines Group (4.89 percent), Centrica (4.71 percent) and Shire (4.22 percent). Endit