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German Chancellor Angela Merkel met with UK PM Cameron and others Plenty of remarks after, pretty much along the lines of, hurry up Britain, GTFO But, Merkel had some advice for traders, relevant in all situations: it was not a time for sorrow or

French President Francois Hollande pointed out a loss of status for London on Wednesday, as the city will lose the advantages of the EU's single market following a Brexit. Last year, a court in Luxembourg allowed euro-denominated trades to be cleared

The UK Post Office is reporting a surge to sell the pound 22 June post office branch and online currency sales up 49% yy on Tuesday and up 381% online +74% yy since last week-end It's cash and therefore not so significant volume-wise but it's

Brexit polls schedule for Wednesday, the first one is due imminently ComRes was supposed to released a poll Tuesday but it was pushed back to today. Other polls scheduled for release include YouGov, TNS and Opinium. First up, is Opinium, which the

Polls will be open from 8am-11pm CEST (7am to 10pm BST) on Thursday, 23 June. It is illegal to publish any opinion/exit polls during the day as long as polls are open for people to vote. Exit polls are allowed to be published as soon as the polling

FX traders this week have fretted that the price action in currency markets in the wake of Thursday's UK Referendum will resemble that seen in January 2015, when the Swiss National Bank roiled markets by removing the Chf1.2000 floor in the euro-Swiss

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange Group has doubled the special price fluctuation limits for all currency futures and options for the Brexit vote. Has also announced regular trading hour special price fluctuation limits in all interest-rate

The British pound has fallen back from its best levels against the euro and dollar since May - but where will the pound trade following the release of results on Thursday night? The pound to euro exchange rate is today at 1.2990 The euro to pound

Another warning about liquidity Citing sources Ceased accepting all new automatic stop loss orders on currency trades as of 6am GMT They have not provided electronic execution of stop loss trades since Monday Will make markets all day today and

Latest Rates: Pound to euro exchange rate today: -0.05% @ 1.3012, best 1.3119 Euro to pound exchange rate: 0.7686 Pound to dollar exchange rate today: +0.50 @ 1.4793, best 1.4948 Pound to Australian dollar exchange rate today: -0.40 @ 1.9523, best

Sterling strengthened further against the US dollar on Thursday, as bookmakers' odds on a Brexit continued to lengthen in the light of the publication of the last opinion polls. "Sterling rose some 6%, or 8 big figures, against the US dollar since

Polls are now closed in the Breferendum There is no exit polling from broadcasters as there is in a general election But YouGov / Sky have their 'on the day poll' - this is an OPINION POLL, not an exit poll Remain 52% Leave 48% Poll of 5000-odd

EUR/USD – BULLISH BIAS – (1.0800-1.1700) The momentum has clearly shifted back in favour of ‘Remain’ in today’s referendum vote on the UK’s membership of the EU. The shift from 50%-50% just a few days ago to something more like 52%-48% in the opinion

The period of denial is over The market is coming to the terrifying terms of what is unfolding

There are only 3 out of 382 UK regions left to be counted before the official results are announced early Friday at around 6am GMT. So far the results show the 'Leave' camp firmly in the lead, with 17,114,552 votes counted for a Brexit, with 'Remain'

Sterling suffered its most volatile session in living memory and hit its lowest level since the 1985 Plaza Accord as Britain voted to leave the European Union, triggering a rush into safe-havens such as the yen and the dollar. The euro also dropped

Due to extreme financial market volatility and the unpredictable nature of the UK’s EU referendum results, we will be holding off our FX Insights reports today. source

Joint statement from EU heads Juncker and Tusk 24 June 2016 expects UK to move on Brexit as soon as possible GBP back in retreat on the realization that EU want to get this on asap there will be no renegotiation of EUs deal for UK made in Feb any

The European Central Bank (ECB) is closely monitoring financial markets in Europe following the Brexit vote, and is in close contact with other central banks in case intervention is required, while the Bank of England (BoE) and the Swiss National

BBC reporting its sources 24 June 2016 Well if they start walking/swimming now they should be at their desks by Monday. Update: MS deny any such move underway BBC vs an investment bank, who you gonna trust? Yea ok fair enough, difficult call after