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The average price index of 100 stocks on the London Stock Exchange, as reported by the Financial Times, closed at 8496.80 points on the 1st, up 1.95 points from the previous trading day, an increase of 0.02%. In terms of individual stocks, the top five performers in the London Stock Exchange components on that day were: financial investment company St. James's Place with a 6.79% increase in stock price, catering and hotel group Whitbread with a 5.78% increase, Polar Capital Technology Trust with a 4.33% increase, information services company Informa with a 4.23% increase, and easyJet with a 4.04% increase. The top five decliners in the financial sector on that day were: Lloyds Banking Group with a 2.65% decrease in stock price, United Foods Group with a 2.33% decrease, London Stock Exchange Group with a 2.28% decrease, Marks & Spencer with a 2.13% decrease, and Pearson Group with a 1.84% decrease. The Paris Stock Exchange and Frankfurt Stock Exchange in Germany were closed that day.