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British FTSE 100 decreases 0.32 pct on Monday

Xinhua, May 24, 2016 Adjust font size:

FTSE 100 Index, British benchmark stock market gauge, Monday decreased by 0.32 percent, or 19.89 points, to 6,136.43 points.

Share price of Royal Mail increased by 4.29 percent, topped the gainers of the blue chips. 3i Group, DCC, ARM Holdings and easyJet increased by 2.87 percent, 2.00 percent, 1.96 percent and 1.90 percent respectively.

Inmarsat led the top losers of the blue chips with a share price drop of 4.04 percent, following by Tesco (2.56 percent), Vodafone Group (1.42 percent), Old Mutual (1.41 percent) and Royal Dutch Shell B (1.30 percent). Endit