Sterling falls as poll shows strong support for Brexit

Britain’s FTSE-100 share index snapped a three-month run of gains and sterling fell against all of its major peers yesterday as two new opinion polls surprisingly indicated that UK voters now favour the country leaving the EU.

An ICM phone poll showed 45% support for a Brexit, with 42% saying they wanted the UK to remain in the EU. The remaining 13% said they were undecided.

Combined with another online poll, also carried out by ICM, voters now appear split 52% to 48% in favour of Brexit.