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British FTSE 100 up 0.56 pct on Wednesday

Xinhua, April 28, 2016 Adjust font size:

FTSE 100 Index, British benchmark stock market gauge, Wednesday rose by 0.56 percent, or 35.39 points, to 6,319.91 points.

Share price of Anglo American increased by 4.45 percent, topping the gainers of the blue chips. Worldpay, International Consolidated Airlines Group, easyJet and Centrica increased by 4.30 percent, 3.64 percent, 3.56 percent, 3.40 percent respectively.

Tesco led the top losers of the blue chips with a share price drop of 4.39 percent, followed by Prudential (1.74 percent), Legal & General Group (1.41 percent), Sky (1.40 percent) and Standard Chartered (1.12 percent). Endit