British stocks up 1.04 pct Tuesday

LONDON, Nov. 28 (Xinhua) -- British stocks rose on Tuesday, with the benchmark FTSE 100 Index up by 1.04 percent, or 76.75 points, to close at 7,460.65 points.

Royal Dutch Shell A, a major oil and gas company, soared 3.99 percent, the top gainer of the blue chips. Worldpay Group and Royal Dutch Shell B increased by 3.94 percent and 3.71 percent respectively.

The multinational pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical company ConvaTec Group was the worst performer in the blue chips, with its shares losing 2.46 percent. The British housebuilding company Persimmon dropped 1.89 percent. Anglo American, an international mining group, dropped 1.75 percent. Enditem