London stock market fell on the 4th
Xinhua News Agency, London, March 4 (Reporter Sun Xiaoling) The London Stock Market "Financial Times" average price index of 100 stocks closed at 6,650.88 points on the 4th, down 24.59 points or 0.37% from the previous trading day.
The three major European stock indexes were mixed on the day.
In terms of individual stocks, China’s oil stocks, a constituent of the London stock market, led the gains. The top five stocks were: investment company Melrose Industries rose 3.70%, software company Sage rose 3.04%, household cleaning products company profit Jesse Group shares rose 2.98%, British Petroleum shares rose 2.69%, and Royal Dutch Shell Class B shares rose 2.63%.
Mining stocks among the constituent stocks of the London stock market led the decline on that day. The top five stocks were: Rio Tinto Group shares fell 8.66%, Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust shares fell 6.37%, and mining company Antofagasta shares fell 6.30 %, BHP Billiton's share price fell 5.84%, and Glencore's share price fell 4.47%.
In terms of the other two major European stock indexes, the CAC40 index of the Paris stock market in France closed at 5836.65 points, an increase of 0.59 points or 0.01% from the previous trading day; the DAX index of the Frankfurt stock market in Germany closed at 14056.34 points, down from the previous trading day 23.69 points, a decrease of 0.17%.