British stocks down 0.65 pct Tuesday

Source: Xinhua| 2019-10-02 01:23:03|Editor: huaxia
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LONDON, Oct. 1 (Xinhua) -- British stocks decreased on Tuesday, with the benchmark FTSE 100 Index down by 0.65 percent, or 47.89 points, to close at 7,360.32 points.

Ferguson, a multinational plumbing and heating products distributor, soared 4.07 percent, the top gainer of the blue chips. Next and Imperial Brands increased by 2.17 percent and 1.74 percent, respectively.

Hargreaves Lansdown, a financial service company, was the worst performer in the blue chips, with its shares losing 3.51 percent. Burberry Group, a British luxury fashion company, dropped 2.99 percent. Royal Bank of Scotland Group, a banking and financial services company, fell 2.94 percent. Enditem

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