uk stocks climbed wednesday as the ftse 100 index ukukx finished up 117 at 710777 among ftse 100 constituents closedend funds company scottish mortgage investment trust plc uksmt saw the largest increase wednesday as shares increased 686 shares of investment advisors firm abrdn plc ukabdn and investment advisors company hargreaves lansdown plc ukhl increased 510 and 461 respectively jd sports fashion plc ukjd a clothing retail company and investment advisors business intermediate capital group plc ukicp rounded out the top five largest increases as their stocks climbed 460 and 452 respectively fresnillo plc ukfres a precious metals company saw the largest drop among ftse 100 constituents as shares fell 567 on wednesday shares of major international banks firm standard chartered plc ukstan and major oil  gas company shell plc ukshel fell 233 and 207 respectively bp plc ukbp a major oil  gas company and major international banks business hsbc holdings plc uk reg ukhsba rounded out the top five largest decreases as their stocks dropped 125 and 084 respectively the pound was down 046 against dollar usgbpusd at 11903 and was up 045 against the euro ukgbpeur at €11703 brent crude usbrn00 shed 31 to 9956 and the yield on the 10year gilt bxtmbmkgb10y declined 2057 basis points to 2094 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