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British FTSE 100 decreases 1.27 pct on Friday

Xinhua, April 30, 2016 Adjust font size:

FTSE 100 Index, the British benchmark stock market gauge, Friday decreased by 1.27 percent, or 80.51 points, to 6,241.89 points.

Share price of Glencore increased by 4.12 percent, topped the gainers of the blue chips.

Randgold Resources, BT Group, Antofagasta and Shire increased by 3.75 percent, 2.06 percent, 1.93 percent and 1.77 percent respectively.

Royal Bank of Scotland Group led the top losers of the blue chips with a share price drop of 5.72 percent, following by International Consolidated Airlines Group (4.72 percent), Rolls-Royce Holdings (3.53 percent), Whitbread (3.49 percent) and TUI (3.22 percent). Endit