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British FTSE 100 decreases 0.19 pct on Friday

Xinhua, March 19, 2016 Adjust font size:

FTSE 100 Index, the British benchmark stock market gauge, Friday decreased by 0.19 percent, or 11.48 points, to 6,189.64 points.

Share price of Standard Chartered increased by 7.59 percent, topped the gainers of the blue chips. Sports Direct International, GKN, TUI and Whitbread increased by 5.88 percent, 3.69 percent, 3.33 percent and 2.94 percent, respectively.

Mondi led the top losers of the blue chips with a share price drop of 5.27 percent, following by Antofagasta (4.28 percent), J Sainsbury (2.95 percent), Hikma Pharmaceuticals (2.82 percent) and Berkeley Group Holdings (2.21 percent). Enditem