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British FTSE 100 decreases 0.63 pct on Wednesday

Xinhua, November 17, 2016 Adjust font size:

FTSE 100 Index, British benchmark stock market gauge, Wednesday decreased by 0.63 percent, or 43.02 points, to 6,749.72 points.

Share price of RELX increased by 2.94 percent, topped the gainers of the blue chips. Severn Trent, WPP, 3i Group and ITV increased by 2.20 percent, 1.83 percent, 1.37 percent and 1.21 percent respectively.

CRH led the top losers of the blue chips with a share price drop of 2.88 percent, following by Barratt Developments (2.77 percent), easyJet (2.48 percent), Wolseley (2.47 percent) and British Land (2.31 percent). Enditem