Friday, July 6, 2007

U.K. FTSE 100 Stocks Advance, Paced by HSBC; BP, Shell Shares Advance

(Bloomberg) -- U.K. stocks advanced, led by HSBC
Holdings Plc. BP Plc and Royal Dutch Plc gained as the price of
crude oil traded near a 10-month high.

The benchmark FTSE 100 Index climbed 17.5, or 0.3 percent,
to 6652.70 at 8:20 a.m. in London. The FTSE All-Share Index rose
0.3 percent to 3436.93. Ireland's ISEQ Index jumped 0.4 percent
to 9402.7.


Read more at Bloomberg Stocks News

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