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British FTSE 100 rose 0.35 pct on Tuesday

Xinhua, July 6, 2016 Adjust font size:

FTSE 100 Index, British benchmark stock market gauge, Tuesday rose by 0.35 percent, or 23.11 points, to 6,545.37 points.

Share price of Royal Dutch Shell B increased by 2.95 percent, topping the gainers of the blue chips. GlaxoSmithKline, British American Tobacco, Royal Dutch Shell A and National Grid increased by 2.75 percent, 2.66 percent, 2.56 percent and 2.35 percent respectively.

Barratt Developments led the top losers of the blue chips with a share price drop of 9.79 percent, followed by Dixons Carphone (7.52 percent), Persimmon (7.18 percent), Legal & General Group (7.11 percent) and Taylor Wimpey (7.05 percent). Endit