India, May 28 -- UK stocks are marginally down in lackluster trade on Wednesday as investors look for directional clues after recent gains following U.S. President Donald Trump deciding to pause the recently announced 50% tariffs on imports from EU, paving the way for further trade negotiations.
The benchmark FTSE 100 was down 12.00 points or 0.14% at 8,767.05 a little while ago.
Hikma Pharmaceuticals is gaining 2%. Pershing Square Holdings, Intermediate Capital Group, Endeavour Mining, Unite Group, Segro, Howden Joinery Group, Polar Capital Technology Trust, Rolls-Royce Holdings, Babcock International Group and Fresnillo are up 1 to 1.7%.
Rentokil Initial is up 0.7% as it agreed to sell its French workwear division to H.I.G. Capital for...