Uncertainty saw £1.09bn wiped from the value of region’s firms
the top five companies in the YP75 constitute 68 per cent of the total market capitalisation of the region’s index of listed Yorkshire companies.
Those companies, in descending order, are Morrisons, Croda, Drax, Persimmon and Provident Financial.
Morrisons is by far the largest, with a market cap of nearly £8bn, while Provident Financial, the doorstep lender, weighs in at nearly £1.3bn.
The YP75 is published in the Yorkshire Post every Tuesday with commentary from Brewin Dolphin, the investment management firm.