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British stocks up 0.15 pct Monday

Xinhua,April 10, 2018 Adjust font size:

LONDON, April 9 (Xinhua) -- British stocks rose on Monday, with the benchmark FTSE 100 Index up by 0.15 percent, or 11.11 points, to close at 7,194.75 points.

Associated British Foods, a British multinational food processing and retailing company, soared 3.09 percent, the top gainer of the blue chips. WPP and Micro Focus International increased by 2.24 percent and 1.99 percent, respectively.

Evraz, a multinational vertically integrated steel making and mining company ,was the worst performer in the blue chips, with its shares losing 14.45 percent. Glencore, a multinational commodity trading and mining company, dropped 3.42 percent. Fresnillo, a precious metals mining company, fell 1.65 percent. Enditem