Consumer stocks a headache as FTSE inches higher

UK shares managed a meagre gain on Thursday after a three-day losing streak as Britain's third-biggest company, Unilever, fell after announcing it would make Rotterdam its sole legal home a year before Brexit.The blue-chip FTSE 100index was up 0.1 percent at 7,139.76 points at its close, recovering some losses from the day before thanks to gains in financials, healthcare and industrials.The diplomatic tensions between Britain and Russia have so far had little impact on British shares.