- The Brexit bashing continues after British manufacturing growth soared to a two-and-a-half-year high last month, fueled by new orders from both home and abroad.
- Markit's U.K. Manufacturing PMI rose to 56.1, from 53.6 in November, faring much better than many economists predicted in the aftermath of the vote to leave the EU.
- The FTSE 100 hit a new record high on the news, rising 0.4% to 7170.65.
- ETFs: EWU, FKU, DXPS, DBUK, QGBR, HEWU