EU chems stocks dip as UK PM confirms single market exit plans

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LONDON (ICIS)--European chemical stocks were trading down on Tuesday as UK Prime Minister Theresa May confirmed that the country intended to break away from the union's single market ruling out a less dramatic EU exit. Publicly setting out her intentions for the form the UK's planned departure from the EU will take, May stated that the country would not attempt to remain in the single market, and will instead pursue a new free trade agreement with the bloc from outside.