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British FTSE 100 rises 1.70 pct on Monday

Xinhua, November 8, 2016 Adjust font size:

FTSE 100 Index, British benchmark stock market gauge, Monday rose by 1.70 percent, or 113.64 points, to 6,806.90 points.

Share price of Antofagasta increased by 6.30 percent, topped the gainers of the blue chips.

Glencore, BHP Billiton, Anglo American and HSBC Holdings increased by 5.63 percent, 4.76 percent, 4.76 percent and 4.62 percent respectively.

Fresnillo led the top losers of the blue chips with a share price drop of 3.02 percent, following by Randgold Resources (1.69 percent), Tesco (1.14 percent), United Utilities Group (0.97 percent), National Grid (0.84 percent). Endit