LONDON, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- FTSE 100 Index, the British benchmark stock market gauge, Tuesday increased by 0.33 percent, or 21.44 points, to 6,598.18 points.
British government has revised its year-on-year economic growth rate from 3.0 percent to 2.6 percent in the third quarter, while remained its quarterly growth at 0.7 percent, data released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show on Tuesday.
It was the third estimate or the final reading of the gross domestic product (GDP) of the third quarter. The ONS will release its first estimate on GDP of the fourth quarter next month.
Britain's current account deficit was 27 billion pounds (42 billion U.S. dollars) in the third quarter of 2014, up by around 10 percent from a revised deficit of 24.3 billion pounds of the previous quarter, the ONS said.
Tullow Oil's share price increased by 3.12 percent, topped the gainers of the blue chips. CRH, Morrison (Wm) Supermarkets, Smiths Group and ARM Holdings increased by 3.11 percent, 2.50 percent, 2.40 percent and 2.31 percent percent, respectively.
Shire led the top losers of the blue chips with a share price drop of 2.81 percent, followed by Reckitt Benckiser Group (2.07 percent), AstraZeneca (1.88 percent), Smith & Nephew (1.71 percent) and Barratt Developments (1.48 percent).
The index has decreased 1.51 percent so far this year when measured in U.S. dollar.
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