British FTSE 100 increases but travel, leisure shares fall

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FTSE 100 Index, British benchmark stock market gauge Monday increased by 0.46 percent, or 28.10 points, to 6,146.38 points.

Shares in London-listed travel and tourism companies suffered heavy fell on Monday on the impact of the Paris attacks.

Airlines and tourism were among the big fallers, with International Consolidated Airlines Group down 2.78 percent and TUI AG Reg Shs down 4.06 percent.

Share price of Taylor Wimpey increased by 4.09 percent, topping the gainers of the blue chips. AstraZeneca, Imperial Tobacco Group, Rolls-Royce Holdings and BAE Systems increased by 4.01 percent, 3.91 percent, 2.82 percent and 2.45 percent respectively.

TUI AG Reg Shs led the top losers of the blue chips with a share price drop of 4.06 percent, followed by Glencore (3.83 percent), International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (2.78 percent), Carnival (2.54 percent) and Pearson (2.11 percent). Endit

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