Economics

U.K. Stocks Rise for a Fourth Day Amid ECB Stimulus Speculation

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U.K. stocks advanced for a fourth day amid investor optimism the European Central Bank will begin quantitative easing.

Balfour Beatty Plc rose after appointing Philip Harrison as Chief Financial Officer. Petrofac Ltd. climbed 2.8 percent after a consortium including the company won a $4 billion project in Kuwait. Rio Tinto Group added 1 percent, erasing earlier losses, as mining companies advanced.