uk stocks finished flat tuesday with the ftse 100 index ukx closing at 760766 of the ftse 100 constituents food products company unilever plc ulvr saw the largest increase tuesday as shares climbed 943 shares of wired telecommunications services firm bt group plc bta and tobacco company british american tobacco plc bats rose 179 and 133 respectively imperial brands plc imb  a tobacco company and water utilities company united utilities group plc uu rounded out the top five largest increases as their stocks rallied 119 and 105 respectively bm european value retail sa bme  a mixed retailing company saw the largest decline of the ftse 100 constituents as shares tumbled 1504 on tuesday shares of air freight firm royal mail plc rmg and passenger airlines company international consolidated airlines group sa iag shed 556 and 548 respectively fresnillo plc fres  a precious metals company and residential building construction firm persimmon plc psn rounded out the top five largest decreases as their stocks fell 433 and 342 respectively the pound was down 024 against dollar gbpusd at 12623 and was up 024 against the euro ukgbpeur at €11765 brent crude usbrn00 rose 05 to 11815 and the yield on the 10year gilt tmbmkgb10y fell 5594 basis points to 2101 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