uk stocks finished higher thursday with the ftse 100 index ukx rising 041 at 761860 of the ftse 100 constituents clothing company burberry group plc brby saw the largest increase thursday as shares increased 278 shares of chemicals firm croda international plc crda and gambling industries company flutter entertainment plc fltr rallied 277 and 247 respectively prudential plc pru  a life insurance company and residential building construction business persimmon plc psn rounded out the top five largest increases as their stocks increased 226 and 223 respectively spiraxsarco engineering plc spx  a technical services company saw the largest decline of the ftse 100 constituents as shares fell 235 on thursday shares of precious metals firm fresnillo plc fres and nonferrous metals company antofagasta plc anto fell 159 and 152 respectively rollsroyce holdings plc rr  an aerospace productsparts company and defense equipmentproducts firm bae systems plc ba rounded out the top five largest decreases as their stocks declined 062 and 058 respectively the pound was up 008 against dollar gbpusd at 12727 and was down 032 against the euro gbpeur at €11550 brent crude brn00 declined 06 to 8705 and the yield on the 10year gilt tmbmkgb10y fell 0100 basis points to 4368 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