Investing.com - U.K. stocks were lower Wednesday in line with a global sell-off.
The FTSE 100 was off 0.23% at 05:15 ET.
The pound was up 0.11% at $1.2828 as BoE deputy governor Jon Cunliffe argued against the need for early rate hike.
The yield on the 10-year gilt rises to 1.13% level.
Nationwide house price index up 1.1% month-on-month, sailing past estimate.
House builder (LON:Barratt) Developments up 0.98%.
(LON:Bunzl) up 3.94% as business supplies distributor estimates 7% rise in first-half revenues.