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British FTSE 100 rises 1.06 pct on Thursday

Xinhua, February 5, 2016 Adjust font size:

FTSE 100 Index, British benchmark stock market gauge, Thursday rose by 1.06 percent, or 61.62 points, to 5,898.76 points.

Share price of Anglo American increased by 19.95 percent, topped the gainers of the blue chips. Glencore, Antofagasta, BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto increased by 15.97 percent, 14.56 percent, 10.79 percent, 10.27 percent respectively.

AstraZeneca led the top losers of the blue chips with a share price drop of 6.10 percent, followed by Coca-Cola HBC (5.57 percent), Imperial Tobacco Group (3.49 percent), Johnson Matthey (2.66 percent) and Diageo (2.22 percent). Endit