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British FTSE 100 rose 0.30 pct on Friday

Xinhua, February 18, 2017 Adjust font size:

FTSE 100 Index, British benchmark stock market gauge, Friday rose by 0.30 percent, or 22.04 points, to 7,299.96 points.

Share price of Unilever increased by 14.63 percent, topped the gainers of the blue chips. Coca-Cola HBC, Imperial Brands, Reckitt Benckiser Group and Compass Group increased by 4.03 percent, 3.17 percent, 2.88 percent and 1.73 percent respectively.

Standard Chartered led the top losers of the blue chips with a share price drop of 4.36 percent, following by Rolls-Royce Holdings (3.97 percent), Royal Dutch Shell B (1.80 percent), Anglo American (1.79 percent) and Glencore (1.56 percent). Endit