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British FTSE 100 up 2.20 pct on Friday

Xinhua, September 3, 2016 Adjust font size:

FTSE 100 Index, the British benchmark stock market gauge, closed at 6,894.60 points, up 148.63 points or 2.20 percent on Friday.

The share price of Hikma Pharmaceuticals increased by 5.15 percent to top the gainers of the blue chips. Other best performers included Imperial Brands Group (4.23 percent), Old Mutual (4.06 percent), Unilever (3.84 percent), and Mediclinic International (3.60 percent).

Carnival led the top losers of the blue chips with a share price drop of 4.12 percent, followed by Berkeley Group Holdings (0.94 percent), Land Securities Group (0.90 percent), British Land Co (0.89 percent), and Taylor Wimpey (0.85 percent). Endit