Voters in the United Kingdom chose to Brexit from the European Union and the world markets are reacting. The vote to leave beat out the vote to stay 51.8% to 48.2%. All the major indicies (^FTSE, ^GDAXI, ^FCHI) in Europe slid on the news and US markets are following suit. Japan's Nikkei closed down almost 8% today.

The British Pound was down as much as 11% and the Euro was as much as 4% lower.

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