Advertisement
UK markets close in 2 hours 43 minutes

  • FTSE 100

    8,089.98
    +49.60 (+0.62%)
     

  • FTSE 250

    19,707.34
    -12.03 (-0.06%)
     

  • AIM

    755.55
    +0.86 (+0.11%)
     

  • GBP/EUR

    1.1665
    +0.0021 (+0.18%)
     

  • GBP/USD

    1.2476
    +0.0013 (+0.11%)
     

  • Bitcoin GBP

    51,081.15
    -2,118.81 (-3.98%)
     

  • CMC Crypto 200

    1,364.45
    -18.12 (-1.31%)
     

  • S&P 500

    5,071.63
    +1.08 (+0.02%)
     

  • DOW

    38,460.92
    -42.77 (-0.11%)
     

  • CRUDE OIL

    83.12
    +0.31 (+0.37%)
     

  • GOLD FUTURES

    2,337.70
    -0.70 (-0.03%)
     

  • NIKKEI 225

    37,628.48
    -831.60 (-2.16%)
     

  • HANG SENG

    17,284.54
    +83.27 (+0.48%)
     

  • DAX

    17,951.67
    -137.03 (-0.76%)
     

  • CAC 40

    8,005.05
    -86.81 (-1.07%)
     
Stocks:

Trending tickers

Microsoft, Alphabet, Anglo American, IBM, Astrazeneca, Unilever and Sainsbury's

'Brexit' would be bad for business -Lloyd's of London CEO

Reuters - UK Focus

LUXEMBOURG, May 27 (Reuters) - A British referendum decision to leave the European Union would damage the country's business prospects, Lloyd's of London Chief Executive Inga Beale said in Luxembourg on Wednesday.

Britain's Conservative government, elected this month, has promised a referendum on the country's membership of the European Union by the end of 2017, though expectations are growing that the referendum will take place next year.

"We believe it would be bad for business. We think that open trade and being part of a bigger community is very important," Beale said in response to a question at the annual meeting of trade body Insurance Europe.

(Reporting by Jonathan Gould; editing by Susan Thomas)