uk stocks fell thursday as the ftse 100 index ukx finished down 055 at 746591 of the ftse 100 constituents pharmaceuticals company gsk plc gsk saw the largest decline thursday as shares plunged 1006 shares of technical services firm spiraxsarco engineering plc spx and pharmaceuticals company hikma pharmaceuticals plc hik dropped 288 and 286 respectively bm european value retail sa bme  a mixed retailing company and diversified reits business land securities group plc land rounded out the top five largest decreases as their stocks fell 285 and 223 respectively entain plc ent  a gambling industries company saw the largest increase among ftse 100 constituents as shares rallied 374 on thursday shares of nonalcoholic beveragesdrinks firm cocacola hbc ag cch and software company aveva group plc avv rallied 333 and 324 respectively shell plc shel  a major oil  gas company and major oil  gas firm bp plc bp rounded out the top five largest increases as their stocks rallied 300 and 269 respectively the pound was up 008 against dollar gbpusd at 12229 and was down 025 against the euro ukgbpeur at €11831 brent crude usbrn00 increased 12 to 9859 and the yield on the 10year gilt tmbmkgb10y declined 5334 basis points to 2060 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