LONDON, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- British stocks rose on Friday, with the benchmark FTSE 100 Index up by 1.49 percent, or 87.06 points, to close at 5,919.58 points.
Rolls-Royce Holdings, a UK-based engineering company, soared 13.74 percent, the top gainer of the blue chips. Smurfit Kappa Group and Just Eat Takeaway increased by 5.02 percent and 3.98 percent, respectively.
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