UK stocks slumped by the most in almost 10 months on Tuesday after Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May called an early general election in a bid to strengthen the government’s position in the upcoming Brexit negotiations, MarketWatch reports.
The FTSE 100 stumbled 1.6% to 7,209.48, on course for its largest percentage drop since June 2016, according to FactSet data. No sector moved higher.
