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British FTSE 100 rises 0.08 pct on Wednesday

Xinhua, April 21, 2016 Adjust font size:

FTSE 100 Index, British benchmark stock market gauge, Wednesday rose by 0.08 percent, or 4.91 points, to 6,410.26 points.

Share price of Anglo American increased by 5.25 percent, topped the gainers of the blue chips. Rio Tinto, BHP Billiton, Standard Chartered and Fresnillo increased by 3.88 percent, 3.37 percent, 3.16 percent and 3.10 percent respectively.

Hargreaves Lansdown led the top losers of the blue chips with a share price drop of 4.44 percent, following by Paddy Power Betfair (4.34 percent), BT Group (2.85 percent), Associated British Foods (2.43 percent) and Merlin Entertainments (2.06 percent). Endit