Investing.com - U.K. stocks were lower Thursday as the pound edged higher against the dollar.
The FTSE 100 was off 0.40% at 05:45 ET.
The pound was up 0.08% at $1.2944. The yield on the 10-year gilt touched 1.32%.
(LON:Reckitt Benckiser) was off 1.88% as the consumer goods group said its sales were impacted by the Petya cyber attack
(LON:Associated British Foods) up 3.77% on a better-than-expected performance by its Primark retail chain in the third quarter.