uk stocks finished higher thursday with the ftse 100 index ukx increasing 021 at 769276 among ftse 100 constituents general mining company polymetal international plc poly saw the largest increase thursday as shares rose 938 shares of publishing firm relx plc rel and broadcasting company itv plc itv climbed 468 and 414 respectively informa plc inf  a publishing company and clothing firm burberry group plc brby rounded out the top five largest increases as their stocks climbed 408 and 302 respectively st jamess place plc stj  an investment advisors company saw the largest decline among ftse 100 constituents as shares plunged 1603 on thursday shares of major international banks firm barclays plc barc and electric utilities company sse plc sse dropped 528 and 220 respectively bt group plc bta  a wired telecommunications services company and wireless telecommunications services business vodafone group plc vod rounded out the top five largest decreases as their stocks declined 206 and 177 respectively the pound was down 056 against dollar gbpusd at 12870 and was up 022 against the euro gbpeur at €11701 brent crude brn00 climbed 12 to 8355 and the yield on the 10year gilt tmbmkgb10y increased 2910 basis points to 4311 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