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British FTSE 100 rises 0.09 pct on Wednesday

Xinhua, May 12, 2016 Adjust font size:

FTSE 100 Index, British benchmark stock market gauge, Wednesday rose by 0.09 percent, or 5.84 points, to 6,162.49 points.

Share price of Anglo American increased by 5.38 percent, topped the gainers of the blue chips. Randgold Resources, Mondi, BHP Billiton and Shire increased by 3.48 percent, 3.21 percent, 2.76 percent and 2.15 percent respectively.

Inmarsat led the top losers of the blue chips with a share price drop of 2.61 percent, following by Land Securities Group (2.46 percent), British Land (1.76 percent), Provident Financial (1.73 percent) and Intu Properties (1.68 percent). Endit