British stocks up 0.34 pct Friday

LONDON, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- British stocks rose on Friday, with the benchmark FTSE 100 Index up by 0.34 percent, or 19.89 points, to close at 5,842.67 points.

GVC Holdings, a multinational sports betting and gaming group, soared 16.69 percent, the top gainer of the blue chips. Flutter Entertainment and Avast increased by 6.82 percent and 4.09 percent, respectively.

Standard Chartered, a British multinational banking and financial services company, was the worst performer in the blue chips, with its shares losing 2.66 percent. Sainsbury, a British-based chain of supermarkets, dropped 2.40 percent. Admiral Group, a motor insurance company, fell 1.79 percent.