UK stocks fell Wednesday, keying off a selloff on Wall Street as tensions with North Korea persisted and Hurricane Irma headed toward the US, reports MarketWatch.

The FTSE 100 fell 0.4% to 7,340.19, led by financial and industrials shares. A loss Wednesday would be the London benchmark’s third in a row. The index on Tuesday fell 0.5%, hurt by geopolitical worries and a jump in the pound to a three-week high above $1.30.