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British stocks decrease slightly Wednesday

Xinhua, April 12, 2017 Adjust font size:

FTSE 100 Index, British benchmark stock market gauge, Wednesday decreased by 0.22 percent, or 16.51 points, to 7,348.99 points.

Share price of Rolls-Royce Holdings increased by 2.47 percent, topped the gainers of the blue chips. Mediclinic International, Sage Group, DCC and Reckitt Benckiser Group increased by 1.80 percent, 1.72 percent, 1.63 percent and 1.37 percent respectively. Tesco led the top losers of the blue chips with a share price drop of 5.73 percent, following by Rio Tinto (3.98 percent), Anglo American (3.90 percent), BHP Billiton (3.54 percent) and Glencore (3.25 percent). Endit