U.K. shares closed just 0.1 percent away from a record, amid surges in energy and commodity producers after President Vladimir Putin said Russia is ready to OPEC in limiting oil production. Royal Dutch Shell Plc climbed 2.8 percent, while BP Plc advanced 1.7 percent as crude climbed. Miners BHP Billiton Ltd. and Rio Tinto Group gained more than 2 percent. The moves pushed the FTSE 100 Index up 0.8 percent, erasing a slide of as much as 0.3 percent. U.K. equities have become this year’s best performers in the developed world, thanks to a tumbling pound and a recovery in commodities. The FTSE 100 has rallied 14 percent in 2016, closing just points away from the record it reached in April 2015. Among stocks falling, EasyJet Plc, which sank to its lowest price since 2013 on Friday, dropped another 2.3 percent after Societe Generale SA recommended selling the shares. […]