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But Halfords was 31.5p higher at 492.5p while Argos and Homebase owner Home Retail rose 3.1p to 204.1p.
Elsewhere Dixons Retail rose 0.61p to 17.31p ahead of an analyst visit on Wednesday to a Currys megastore with new chief executive Sebastian James.
Over all, total prescription volume for the year rose 6.4percentt, while mail order alone rose 11.6percentt and retail rose 3.3percentt.
Shares in Home Retail rose by 41% after Sainsbury's announced it had made an approach to buy the company, adding £330m to the retailer's value.
Nationally, according to the research firm Real Capital Analytics, commercial investments in niche retail rose more than a hundred and fifty per cent in the past four years, compared with the four years before the financial crisis.
Shares in Home Retail rose nearly 5% on Wednesday to 148p on improved hopes for a Sainsbury's deal while the supermarket's shares slipped 1.4% to 248p as investors remained sceptical about the benefits of a merger.
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