Wednesday, May 2, 2007

U.K. Stocks Advance, Led by British Sky Broadcasting; BHP, Rio Tinto Rise

(Bloomberg) -- U.K. stocks rose, paced by British Sky Broadcasting Plc. Rio Tinto Group and BHP Billiton Ltd. gained.

The benchmark FTSE 100 Index rallied 28.1, or 0.4 percent, to 6447.70 in London at 8:05 a.m. The FTSE All-Share Index added 13.82, or 0.4 percent, to 3355.87. Ireland's ISEQ Index climbed 27.01 to 9516.01.


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