U.K. equities declined on Thursday falling from the strongest level since May after companies from Royal Dutch Shell Plc to AstraZeneca Plc showed drops in earnings, when Shell contributing the most to a decline loosing 4.6%. The FTSE 100 Index fell 25.27 points to 6,752.43 as of 9:02 a.m. London time, however, the gauge is still up 4.5% this month.