U.K. Shares Rise as Investors Look to Safe Havens After Paris
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U.K. stocks advanced as investors sought refuge in companies related to safe-have assets such as gold, after Paris suffered Europe’s worst terrorist attack in a decade.
Randgold Resources Ltd. added 2 percent. Energy producers gained, led by Premier Oil Plc, which jumped 7.4 percent after selling its Norwegian assets to Det Norske. Tullow Oil Plc climbed 3.2 percent. British American Tobacco Plc rose 1 percent.