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British FTSE 100 rises 0.39 pct on Monday

Xinhua, July 19, 2016 Adjust font size:

FTSE 100 Index, British benchmark stock market gauge, Monday rose by 0.39 percent, or 26.18 points, to 6,695.42 points.

Share price of ARM Holdings increased by 40.87 percent, topped the gainers of the blue chips. Royal Bank of Scotland Group, Marks & Spencer Group, Taylor Wimpey and RSA Insurance Group increased by 3.15 percent, 2.89 percent, 2.57 percent and 2.40 percent respectively.

BHP Billiton led the top losers of the blue chips with a share price drop of 1.98 percent, following by TUI (1.98 percent), BP (1.72 percent), BT Group (1.25 percent) and British American Tobacco (1.21 percent). Endit