U.K. Stocks Are Little Changed as Utilities Rise While WPP Falls
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U.K. stocks were little changed, with a drop in WPP Plc offsetting a gain in utilities.
Shares of the advertising company declined 1.3 percent after predicting a “demanding” 2015, with sales growth slowing. United Utilities Group Plc and Centrica Plc climbed more than 1 percent. Pace Plc jumped 34 percent after Arris Group Inc. agreed to buy the British set-top box maker. Tesco Plc rebounded after its worst slump of the year.