uk stocks finished lower thursday with the ftse 100 index ukx decreasing 089 at 749960 among ftse 100 constituents tobacco company british american tobacco plc bats saw the largest drop thursday as shares declined 368 shares of general mining firm polymetal international plc poly and major international banks company standard chartered plc stan declined 337 and 301 respectively hsbc holdings plc uk reg hsba  a major international banks company and investment advisors company legal  general group plc lgen rounded out the top five largest decreases as their stocks declined 290 and 280 respectively melrose industries plc mro  a building materialsproducts company saw the largest increase among ftse 100 constituents as shares climbed 370 on thursday shares of food retail firm ocado group plc ocdo and closedend funds company scottish mortgage investment trust plc uksmt rose 283 and 217 respectively bae systems plc ba  a defense equipmentproducts company and industrialoffice reits business segro plc sgro rounded out the top five largest increases as their stocks rose 177 and 163 respectively the pound was up 041 against dollar gbpusd at 12320 and 007 against the euro gbpeur at €11309 brent crude brn00 shed 03 to 7647 and the yield on the 10year gilt tmbmkgb10y fell 9180 basis points to 3359 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