British stocks down 1.11 pct Tuesday

LONDON, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- British stocks decreased on Tuesday, with the benchmark FTSE 100 Index down by 1.11 percent, or 67.72 points, to close at 6,037.01 points.

AVEVA Group, a British multinational information technology company, soared 7.25 percent, the top gainer of the blue chips. GVC Holdings and InterContinental Hotels Group increased by 3.81 percent and 3.37 percent, respectively.

CRH, an international group of diversified building materials businesses, was the worst performer in the blue chips, with its shares losing 3.42 percent. ITV, a British media company, dropped 3.32 percent. Anglo American, a globally diversified mining business, fell 3.26 percent.