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Brexit BOOM: FTSE 100 leaps to HIGHEST level since 2011 just a week after EU referendum
BRITAIN's top stock market has surged to its highest level in five years, just one week after the vote to leave the European Union (EU). The FTSE 100 jumped again in Friday trading to sit at around 6,577 — its highest level since August 2015. The index has been climbing since Tuesday as confidence recovered from...
EU referendum: Pound hits lowest level since 1985
The value of the pound has fallen dramatically as it emerged that the UK had voted to leave the EU. At one stage, the currency hit $1.3305, a fall of more than 10% and a low not seen since 1985. The Bank of England said it was "monitoring developments closely" and would take "all necessary steps" to support...
Refugees at highest ever level, reaching 65m, says UN
The number of people displaced by conflict is at the highest level ever recorded, the UN refugee agency says. It estimates that 65.3m people were either refugees, asylum seekers or internally displaced at the end of 2015, an increase of 5m in a year. This represents one in every 113 people on the planet, the UN agency says....