FTSE exit beckons for M&S as retail sector readies for Brexit

The high street stalwart prepares to leave the index for first time in 35 years, while UK shoppers get no-deal jittersMarks & Spencer will almost certainly drop out of the FTSE 100 this week, ending the retailer’s non-stop presence since the index of leading shares was launched 35 years ago. In a sign of the times, the 135-year-old mainstay of the British high street is likely to be replaced by Polymetal International, a Russia-based miner.M&S is in the middle of yet another overha