British stocks down 0.54 pct Thursday

LONDON, May 3 (Xinhua) -- British shares decreased on Thursday, with the benchmark FTSE 100 Index down 40.51 points, or 0.54 percent, to close at 7,502.69 points.

Evraz, the international mining group, soared 2.94 percent, the top gainer of the blue chips. Randgold Resources and TUI rose by 2.35 percent and 1.44 percent, respectively.

Smith & Nephew, a British-based multinational medical equipment manufacturing company, was the worst performer in the blue chips, with its shares losing 7.00 percent.

BT Group, the British multinational telecommunications services company, dropped 4.17 percent. NMC Health, the multinational health care company, dropped 3.04 percent. Enditem