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British FTSE 100 rises 1.54 pct on Monday

Xinhua, September 20, 2016 Adjust font size:

The FTSE 100 Index, the British benchmark stock market gauge, rose by 1.54 percent, or 103.27 points, to 6,813.55 points on Monday.

The share price of Glencore shot up by 6.22 percent, topping the gainers of the blue chips. Anglo American, Tesco, Standard Chartered and BHP Billiton increased by 5.71 percent, 4.19 percent, 3.77 percent and 3.69 percent, respectively.

International Consolidated Airlines Group led the top losers of the blue chips with a share price drop of 0.74 percent, followed by TUI (0.47 percent), easyJet (0.47 percent), AstraZeneca (0.31 percent) and Informa (0.14 percent). Endite