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British FTSE 100 rises 1.71 pct on Friday

Xinhua, March 12, 2016 Adjust font size:

FTSE 100 Index, British benchmark stock market gauge, Friday rose by 1.71 percent, or 103.09 points, to 6,139.79 points.

Share price of Aviva increased by 6.35 percent, topped the gainers of the blue chips. St James's Place, Hargreaves Lansdown, RSA Insurance Group and CRH increased by 4.75 percent, 4.43 percent, 4.37 percent and 4.36 percent respectively.

Marks & Spencer Group led the top losers of the blue chips with a share price drop of 2.11 percent, following by Old Mutual (1.78 percent), Randgold Resources (0.55 percent), Shire (0.18 percent) and Schroders (0.04 percent). Endit