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British FTSE 100 decreases 0.44 pct on Thursday

Xinhua, July 29, 2016 Adjust font size:

FTSE 100 Index, British benchmark stock market gauge, Thursday decreased by 0.44 percent, or 29.37 points, to 6,721.06 points.

Share price of Rolls-Royce Holdings increased by 13.52 percent, topped the gainers of the blue chips. AstraZeneca, Anglo American, RELX and BT Group increased by 7.19 percent, 5.43 percent, 3.56 percent and 3.05 percent, respectively.

Lloyds Banking Group led the top losers of the blue chips with a share price drop of 5.83 percent, following by Smith & Nephew (5.62 percent), SSE (5.23 percent), Schroders (4.13 percent), Capita (4.10 percent). Enditem