British FTSE 100 falls to 2.71 percent

FTSE 100 Index, the British benchmark stock market gauge, Monday decreased by 2.71 percent, or 158.70 points, to 5,689.36 points.

Share price of Randgold Resources increased by 13.21 percent, topped the gainers of the blue chips. Fresnillo, Anglo American, Rio Tinto and Imperial Brands increased by 7.80 percent, 3.51 percent, 1.24 percent and 0.86 percent, respectively.

Worldpay Group led the top losers of the blue chips with a share price drop of 8.68 percent, followed by Berkeley Group Holdings (7.70 percent), Hargreaves Lansdown (7.62 percent), Ashtead Group (7.59 percent) and CRH (7.51 percent). Enditem

Source: Xinhua