uk stocks rose tuesday as the ftse 100 index ukx finished up 037 at 724322 of the ftse 100 constituents building materialsproducts company melrose industries plc mro saw the largest increase tuesday as shares rallied 376 shares of life insurance firm phoenix group holdings plc phnx and investment advisors company hargreaves lansdown plc hl climbed 340 and 297 respectively london stock exchange group plc lseg  a securities company and investment advisors company schroders plc sdr rounded out the top five largest increases as their stocks climbed 287 and 262 respectively international consolidated airlines group sa iag  a passenger airlines company saw the largest decrease among ftse 100 constituents as shares dropped 347 on tuesday shares of publishing firm informa plc inf and software company avast plc avst fell 224 and 198 respectively polymetal international plc poly  a general mining company and internetonline company auto trader group plc auto rounded out the top five largest decreases as their stocks declined 189 and 175 respectively the pound was down 020 against dollar gbpusd at 12306 and was up 007 against the euro ukgbpeur at €11686 brent crude usbrn00 dropped 30 to 10274 and the yield on the 10year gilt tmbmkgb10y rose 5632 basis points to 1848 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