uk stocks finished lower wednesday with the ftse 100 index ukx dropping 017 at 692499 among ftse 100 constituents home goods retail company kingfisher plc kgf saw the largest decline wednesday as shares shed 589 shares of industrialoffice reits firm segro plc sgro and major international banks company lloyds banking group plc lloy dropped 469 and 468 respectively hargreaves lansdown plc hl  an investment advisors company and real estate developers company rightmove plc rmv rounded out the top five largest decreases as their stocks dropped 423 and 422 respectively itv plc itv  a broadcasting company saw the largest increase of the ftse 100 constituents as shares rallied 248 on wednesday shares of major oil  gas firm bp plc bp and passenger airlines company international consolidated airlines group sa iag increased 225 and 193 respectively pershing square holdings ltd psh  a closedend funds company and investment advisors business abrdn plc abdn rounded out the top five largest increases as their stocks rallied 187 and 183 respectively the pound was down 085 against dollar gbpusd at 11226 and was up 003 against the euro ukgbpeur at €11487 brent crude usbrn00 rose 11 to 9106 and the yield on the 10year gilt tmbmkgb10y fell 7060 basis points to 3877 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