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British FTSE 100 decreases 0.58 pct on Wednesday

Xinhua, October 6, 2016 Adjust font size:

FTSE 100 Index, British benchmark stock market gauge, Wednesday decreases by 0.58 percent, or 41.09 points, to 7,033.25 points.

Share price of Tesco increased by 9.75 percent, topped the gainers of the blue chips. Marks & Spencer Group, Anglo American, Barclays and Standard Chartered increased by 2.68 percent, 2.50 percent, 1.89 percent and 1.82 percent respectively.

Polymetal International led the top losers of the blue chips with a share price drop of 5.71 percent, followed by United Utilities Group (4.37 percent), Randgold Resources (3.96 percent), Intu Properties (3.59 percent) and Imperial Brands (3.35 percent). Endit