A year after Brexit vote, European and UK shares diverge | Reuters

A year after Brexit vote, European and UK shares diverge | Reuters Reuters By Kit Rees | LONDON LONDON Another wobble in commodity-related shares saw British blue chips extend their underperformance against continental European peers on Friday, a year on from Britain's vote to leave the European Union.Britain's FTSE 100 fell 0.3 percent to 7,413.33 points, weighed down by weakness in mining and oil stocks, as well as in shares of large-cap dollar earners.Friday marked the one-year anniversary of Britons voting in a referendum to quit the EU, a shock outcome which sent sterling, British and European stocks into a tailspin. While stocks have recovered sharply from their slump in the immediate aftermath, in U.S. The post A year after Brexit vote, European and UK shares diverge | Reuters appeared first on Firstpost. 1