uk stocks rose wednesday as the ftse 100 index ukx finished up 063 at 723764 of the ftse 100 constituents investment advisors company hargreaves lansdown plc hl saw the largest increase wednesday as shares rose 569 shares of residential building construction firm persimmon plc psn and defense equipmentproducts company bae systems plc ba increased 471 and 430 respectively schroders plc sdr  an investment advisors company and residential building construction company taylor wimpey plc tw rounded out the top five largest increases as their stocks increased 397 and 378 respectively ocado group plc ocdo  a food retail company saw the largest drop of the ftse 100 constituents as shares dropped 518 on wednesday shares of hotels firm intercontinental hotels group plc ihg and passenger airlines company international consolidated airlines group sa iag shed 336 and 327 respectively whitbread plc wtb  a hotels company and aerospace productsparts company rollsroyce holdings plc rr rounded out the top five largest decreases as their stocks dropped 229 and 198 respectively the pound was down 048 against dollar gbpusd at 11326 and was up 047 against the euro ukgbpeur at €11469 brent crude usbrn00 shed 06 to 9009 and the yield on the 10year gilt tmbmkgb10y declined 0595 basis points to 3314 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