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British FTSE 100 decreases 2.39 pct on Thursday

Xinhua, February 12, 2016 Adjust font size:

FTSE 100 Index, the British benchmark stock market gauge, Thursday decreased by 2.39 percent, or 135.33 points, to 5,536.97 points.

Share price of Randgold Resources increased by 7.54 percent, topped the gainers of the blue chips.

Fresnillo, DCC, Imperial Brands and Rolls-Royce Holdings increased by 5.42 percent, 4.29 percent, 1.96 percent and 0.38 percent respectively.

Prudential PLC led the top losers of the blue chips with a share price drop of 7.53 percent, followed by Aberdeen Asset Management (7.39 percent), Barclays (7.01 percent), Glencore (6.22 percent) and BP (6.01 percent). Endit