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British FTSE 100 decreases 1.11 pct on Friday

Xinhua, April 23, 2016 Adjust font size:

FTSE 100 Index, British benchmark stock market gauge, Friday decreased by 1.11 percent, or 71.00 points, to 6,310.44 points.

Share price of J Sainsbury increased by 1.25 percent, topped the gainers of the blue chips. Travis Perkins, Tesco, Kingfisher and Barratt Developments increased by 1.16 percent, 0.86 percent, 0.83 percent and 0.78 percent, respectively.

Paddy Power Betfair led the top losers of the blue chips with a share price drop of 3.90 percent, following by Land Securities Group (3.07 percent), Associated British Foods (2.97 percent), Glencore (2.97 percent) and Rio Tinto (2.91 percent). Endit