Sydney stocks fall 3% on early results of Brexit vote
SYDNEY - Australia's benchmark stock index sank more than three percent on Friday, despite lifting at the start of the day's trade, as early results from Britain's European Union referendum shifted towards leaving the bloc.
Sydney's benchmark S&P/ASX 200 was down 156.8 points, or 3.1 percent, to 5,123.9 at about 0245 GMT.
- AFP
