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British FTSE 100 rises 0.70 pct on Thursday

Xinhua, August 12, 2016 Adjust font size:

FTSE 100 Index, British benchmark stock market gauge, Thursday rose by 0.70 percent, or 48.29 points, to 6,914.71 points.

Share price of Coca-Cola HBC AG increased by 7.00 percent, topped the gainers of the blue chips. TUI AG, Intertek Group, British American Tobacco, and Unilever increased by 2.87 percent, 2.69 percent, 2.60 percent, and 2.48 percent respectively.

Direct Line Insurance Group led the top losers of the blue chips with a share price drop of 4.07 percent, followed by Old Mutual (3.81%), Berkeley Group Holdings (3.75%), BT Group (2.23%), Travis Perkins (2.18%). Endit