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British FTSE 100 decreases 0.30 pct on Friday

Xinhua, September 17, 2016 Adjust font size:

FTSE 100 Index, British benchmark stock market gauge, Friday decreased by 0.30 percent, or 20.02 points, to 6,710.28 points.

Share price of TUI increased by 3.89 percent, topped the gainers of the blue chips. Shire, Burberry Group, AstraZeneca and Provident Financial increased by 3.22 percent, 3.17 percent, 2.02 percent and 1.82 percent respectively.

Royal Bank of Scotland Group led the top losers of the blue chips with a share price drop of 4.43 percent, following by Barclays (2.83 percent), Standard Chartered (2.74 percent), ITV (2.62 percent), Coca-Cola HBC (2.61 percent). Endit