London stock market fell on the 3rd
Xinhua News Agency, London, April 3 (Reporter Wang Huihui) The average price index of 100 stocks in the Financial Times of the London stock market closed at 5415.50 points on the 3rd, down 64.72 points or 1.18% from the previous trading day. The three major European stock indexes fell across the board that day.
In terms of individual stocks, the consumer stocks in the London stock market led the day, and the top five stocks were: London Stock Exchange Group stock price rose 6.89%, Hikma Pharmaceuticals stock price rose 4.64%, Sainsbury Company stock price rose 4.20%, shares of Just Eat Takeaway, an online food delivery company, rose 3.78%, and William Morrison supermarket chain shares rose 3.74%.
On the same day, the financial stocks in the London stock market led the decline, and the top five stocks in the decline were: the share price of British Actone Insurance fell by 10.05%, the share price of Rolls-Royce Holdings fell by 9.59%, and the share price of Pearson Group fell by 8.99 %, Catering and hotel group Whitblad shares fell 8.75%, TV operator ITV shares fell 8.17%.
In terms of the other two major European stock indexes, the French Paris stock market CAC40 index closed at 4154.58 points, down 66.38 points from the previous trading day, or a decrease of 1.57%; the German Frankfurt stock market DAX index closed at 9525.77 points, down from the previous trading day 45.05 points, a decrease of 0.47%.