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British FTSE 100 rises 0.57 pct on Monday

Xinhua, March 15, 2016 Adjust font size:

FTSE 100 Index, the British benchmark stock market gauge, Monday rose by 0.57 percent, or 34.78 points, to 6,174.57 points.

Share price of Aberdeen Asset Management increased by 6.99 percent, topped the gainers of the blue chips. Anglo American, InterContinental Hotels Group, Glencore and Berkeley Group Holdings increased by 5.99 percent, 4.55 percent, 4.38 percent and 4.10 percent, respectively.

Provident Financial led the top losers of the blue chips with a share price drop of 3.04 percent. It was followed by Aviva (2.56 percent), Admiral Group (2.04 percent), Randgold Resources (1.98 percent) and Barclays (1.66 percent). Enditem