Pound Drops as New Brexit Poll Shows ‘Leave’ Camp Taking Lead

  • Sterling weakens against all of its 16 major counterparts
  • Gauge of one-month volatility at highest level since 2009

Brexit: Will the Polls Get it Right?

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The pound dropped after a new poll showed a jump in support for the campaign to take Britain out of the European Union, spooking some investors who had thought that the result was a foregone conclusion.

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