By Carla Mozee, MarketWatch

U.K. stocks fell Thursday, pulling back from a nearly three-week high, as a reported deal between Greece and its creditors failed to materialize. But gains for some domestic retailers helped cushion the loss on the benchmark FTSE 100.

The FTSE 100 was down 0.4% to 7,008.66, paced by declines among the key commodity and financial sectors. In those groups, miner Anglo American PLC fell 2.1%, BP PLC (BP) was down 1% and HSBC Holdings PLC moved 1.2% lower.

The blue-chip index on Wednesday jumped 1.2%, (http://www.marketwatch.com/story/london-stocks-on-track-to-break-winning-streak-2015-05-26) rising along with other European stock markets, after Greece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said debt-strapped Athens was getting close to a deal with international creditors.

But other key European officials late Wednesday rebuffed the suggestion, saying talks were still ongoing. International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde said in a TV interview that she "would not say that we already have reached substantial results," according to a Reuters report.

Among advancers, shares of Sports Direct International PLC climbed 3.6% as the retailer said underlying pretax profit and per-share earnings for the year ended April 26 are ahead of market expectations (http://www.marketwatch.com/story/sports-direct-sees-yearly-figures-above-estimates-2015-05-28).

Kingfisher PLC shares tacked on 3.1% after the home-improvement retailer reported a 0.8% rise in first-quarter same-store sales (http://www.marketwatch.com/story/kingfisher-posts-rise-in-same-store-sales-2015-05-28), with retail profit in constant currencies up 1.4% at 150 million pounds ($230 million).

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