U.K. stocks decreased Thursday, as the FTSE 100 Index
UKX,
finished down 0.83% at 7,515.68.
Among FTSE 100 constituents, air freight company Royal Mail PLC
RMG,
saw the largest decline Thursday, as shares fell 4.78%
Shares of advertising/marketing/public relations firm WPP PLC
WPP,
and food products company Associated British Foods PLC
ABF,
fell 4.75% and 3.96%, respectively.
Next PLC
NXT,
a clothing retail company, and home goods retail company Kingfisher PLC
KGF,
rounded out the top five largest decreases as their stocks declined 3.86% and 3.62%, respectively.
Pearson PLC
PSON,
a publishing company, saw the largest increase of the FTSE 100 constituents, as shares rallied 1.54% on Thursday.
Shares of water utilities firm Severn Trent PLC
SVT,
and life insurance company Prudential PLC
PRU,
increased 1.25% and 0.93%, respectively.
Halma PLC
HLMA,
a precision products company, and investment advisors business Intermediate Capital Group PLC
ICP,
rounded out the top five largest increases as their stocks climbed 0.84% and 0.82%, respectively.
The pound was up 0.11% against dollar
GBPUSD,
at $1.3150 and 0.71% against the euro
UK:GBPEUR
at €1.1855.
Brent crude
US:BRN00
fell 3.2% to $107.87, and the yield on the 10-year gilt
TMBMKGB-10Y,
rose 3.185 basis points to 1.614%.
Editor’s Note: This story was auto-generated by Automated Insights, an automation technology provider, using data from Dow Jones and FactSet. See our market data terms of use.
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