uk stocks finished higher wednesday with the ftse 100 index ukx rising 049 at 744568 of the ftse 100 constituents software company avast plc avst saw the largest increase wednesday as shares rocketed 4375 shares of residential building construction firm taylor wimpey plc tw and food retail company ocado group plc ocdo rose 550 and 490 respectively aveva group plc avv  a software company and aerospace productsparts firm rollsroyce holdings plc rr rounded out the top five largest increases as their stocks rose 359 and 341 respectively fresnillo plc fres  a precious metals company saw the largest drop among ftse 100 constituents as shares dropped 503 on wednesday shares of chemicals firm croda international plc crda and wireless telecommunications services company vodafone group plc vod dropped 332 and 154 respectively itv plc itv  a broadcasting company and food retail firm j sainsbury plc sbry rounded out the top five largest decreases as their stocks fell 137 and 127 respectively the pound was down 030 against dollar gbpusd at 12128 and 008 against the euro ukgbpeur at €11958 brent crude usbrn00 declined 23 to 9819 and the yield on the 10year gilt tmbmkgb10y declined 2499 basis points to 1915 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