London—EU carbon dioxide allowance prices shrugged off Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party leadership victory Tuesday to rally to a fresh 11-year high. Johnson’s victory in the leadership race to replace Prime Minister Theresa May was seen as notionally bearish for carbon prices due to his pledge to exit the EU October 31 with or without a withdrawal deal, making it more likely that the UK drops out of the EU Emissions Trading System on that date.
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