Avast block shows markets open despite UK ‘horrors’

Sam Kerr

September 04, 2019 12:45 pm

flags_parlaiment_UK_brexit_PA_230x150 — EU and Union Jack flags in central London on the day MPs return back to Parliament after the summer recess. On Monday 2 Sept 2019 British Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned Conservative MPs not to vote against the government in the next night's Bill that would block a no deal Brexit. Several MPs vowed to vote with the opposition regardless of the personal consequences. (Photo by Steve Taylor / SOPA Images/Sipa USA) | SOPA Images/SIPA USA/PA Images

A £443.7m block trade in Avast, the London-listed Czech cyber security firm, on Tuesday night, has given confidence to equity bankers that deals can still be done this autumn, even when political volatility appears severe.

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