Prospect of avoiding no-deal Brexit boosts UK-focussed shares

(Reuters) - Promises from Britain's opposition parties to avert a no-deal Brexit led to gains for the domestically focussed midcap index as well as blue-chip holiday companies and airlines, although gains in the local currency weighed on the exporter-heavy FTSE 100.The FTSE 250 added 0.5% with gains across all but one sector, tracking gains in sterling as some lawmakers vowed to try and pass a law to prevent Britain tumbling out of the European bloc without a deal at the end of October...