FTSE 100 Index Increases, Paced by BP, Shell; Centrica Shares Advance

(Bloomberg) -- U.K. stocks rose, paced by Rio
Tinto Group, the world's third-largest mining company, and BHP
Billiton Ltd. after copper prices increased in Asia.

Centrica Plc gained after Citigroup Inc. recommended
investors buy shares of the energy supplier.


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