www.marketwatch.com/story/...d-day-as-brexit-shudders-fade-2016-06-29
U.K. stocks surged nearly 4% on Wednesday, helping the FTSE 100 erase all of its losses and then some in the wake of the U.K.’s vote to leave the European Union.
Risk appetite was reignited for a second straight session as concerns over the global impact of the so-called Brexit vote, or British exit from the EU, receded. The FTSE 100 UKX, +3.58% jumped 3.6% to close at 6,360.06, with only three components finishing in the red. The index is back in positive territory for the year, up 1.9%.