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FTSE and sterling slide as Brexit poll shows 'leave' camp ahead

Latest ICM telephone poll

Jayna Rana

01 June 2016 • 1 min read

The FTSE 100 and sterling both closed the day in the red, after the latest ICM Brexit telephone poll showed the 'leave' campaign had edged ahead of the 'remain' vote.

The sell-off in afternoon trading caused the UK blue-chip index to break its three-month winning streak, after ICM's poll showed 45% of respondents favoured leaving the European Union but only 42% ...

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