U.K. Stocks Including Marks & Spencer, Drax Rise; BHP Billiton Declines

(Bloomberg) -- U.K. stocks including Marks & Spencer
Plc and Drax Group Plc advanced. Antofagasta Plc and BHP Billiton
paced declining shares.

The benchmark FTSE 100 Index added 7.2, or 0.1 percent, to
6719.9 in London at 8:06 a.m. The FTSE All-Share Index added 2.9,
or 0.1 percent, to 3466.53. Ireland's ISEQ Index slipped 29.89 to
9403.08.


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