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The U.K. Stock Market Isn't Paying Attention to Brexit Chatter

The U.K. Stock Market Isn't Paying Attention to Brexit Chatter

You couldn’t tell from looking at the stock market. With higher oil prices and still solid growth in earnings and the global economy, domestic investors have enough reasons to disregard the biggest cloud on the horizon -- the possibility of a Brexit that leaves the U.K. cut off from its most important commercial partner. “You don’t want to totally leave the U.K. because there is some good value,” said Leigh Himsworth, who manages Fidelity International’s U.K. stock funds from London.