Liquidnet posted its highest-ever European equity trading volumes on the day after the UK's unexpected vote to leave the European Union – propelling the buyside-focused dark pool to record overall volumes in the second quarter.

Liquidnet said it handled European equity trades worth $44.3 billion in the second quarter, up 50% from a year earlier and 9.6% up on the first quarter of 2016, the firm's previous record quarter, when it handled $40.4 billion.