uk stocks dropped tuesday as the ftse 100 index ukx finished down 036 at 752742 of the ftse 100 constituents investment advisors company abrdn plc abdn saw the largest decline tuesday as shares plunged 1167 shares of precious metals firm fresnillo plc fres and building materialsproducts company melrose industries plc mro declined 337 and 298 respectively glencore plc glen  a general mining company and major international banks firm barclays plc barc rounded out the top five largest decreases as their stocks declined 265 and 248 respectively intercontinental hotels group plc ihg  a hotels company saw the largest increase among ftse 100 constituents as shares climbed 233 on tuesday shares of pharmaceuticals firm hikma pharmaceuticals plc hik and nonlife insurance company admiral group plc adm climbed 209 and 151 respectively astrazeneca plc azn  a biotechnology company and broadcasting company itv plc itv rounded out the top five largest increases as their stocks climbed 132 and 132 respectively the pound was down 042 against dollar gbpusd at 12729 and was up 003 against the euro gbpeur at €11621 brent crude brn00 declined 01 to 8522 and the yield on the 10year gilt tmbmkgb10y declined 7190 basis points to 4386 editors note this story was autogenerated by automated insights an automation technology provider using data from dow jones and factset see our market data terms of use