U.K. Stocks Advance With Commodity Producers

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Miners and oil companies helped push U.K. stocks higher for a fourth day, while a report showed inflation unexpectedly accelerated.

Randgold Resources Ltd. rose 2.5 percent as Tullow Oil Plc climbed 3.6 percent. Balfour Beatty Plc jumped 5.5 percent after reporting an increase in its construction-services order book in the third quarter. EasyJet Plc fell 1.2 percent after reporting full-year revenue that missed analyst estimates.