The UK vote on EU membership triggered a massive selling wave across markets around the globe, as investors fled to the relative security of safe-haven assets, such as Gold, Yen, Franc and US Dollar. Here is how major indices, major currency pairs and the most popular commodities performed on Friday (June 24th):
Nikkei 225 14,952.02, -1286.33, -7.92% (closed)
Hang Seng 20,259.13, -609.21, -2.92% (closed)
KOSPI 1,925.24, -61.47, -3.09% (closed)
STI Index 2,735.39, -58.46, -2.09% (closed)
S&P/ASX 200 5,113.18, -167.50, -3.17% (closed)
S&P/NZX 50 Index 6,667.77, -153.58, -2.25% (closed)
Shanghai Composite 2,854.29, -37.67, -1.30% (closed)
FTSE 100 6,069.00, -269.10, -4.25% (as of 12:20 GMT)
CAC 40 4,073.40, -392.50, -8.79% (as of 12:20 GMT)
Xetra DAX 9,496.00, -761.03, -7.42% (as of 12:20 GMT)
FTSE MIB 15,988.00, -1978.17, -11.01% (as of 12:20 GMT)
IBEX 35 7,750.50, -1134.80, -12.77% (as of 12:20 GMT)
EUR/USD 1.1069 -0.0314 -2.76% (as of 12:20 GMT)
GBP/USD 1.3731 -0.1146 -7.70% (as of 12:20 GMT)
USD/JPY 102.50 -3.67 -3.46% (as of 12:20 GMT)
USD/CHF 0.9763 +0.0182 +1.90% (as of 12:20 GMT)
AUD/USD 0.7430 -0.0187 -2.46% (as of 12:20 GMT)
USD/CAD 1.2982 +0.0206 +1.61% (as of 12:20 GMT)
NZD/USD 0.7096 -0.0153 -2.11% (as of 12:20 GMT)
Gold 1,326.50 +63.40 +5.02% (as of 12:25 GMT)
Silver 17.955 +0.602 +3.47% (as of 12:25 GMT)
Copper 2.115 -0.047 -2.20% (as of 12:25 GMT)
Crude Oil 47.91 -2.20 -4.39% (as of 12:25 GMT)
Brent Oil 48.57 -2.34 -4.60% (as of 12:25 GMT)