U.K. Stocks Rise as Banks, Energy Shares Outweigh Vodafone Drop
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U.K. stocks advanced, reversing an earlier slide, as gains in banks and energy companies outweighed declines in Vodafone Plc and Kingfisher Plc.
BP Plc rose 2 percent, pushing a measure of British oil-and-gas companies higher. HSBC Holdings Plc and Standard Chartered Plc added at least 1.6 percent. Vodafone slipped 1.3 percent. Kingfisher Plc slid 2.5 percent after proposing a lower-than-forecast interim dividend.