Farage Denies Conceding: “We Haven’t Had A Single Bloody Vote Counted”; S&P Futures Surge
By Tyler Durden
In a twist worthy of a soap opera, just minutes after Sky and the major newswires reported that Nigel Farage said “looks like Remain will edge it”, a Nigel Farage spokesman told Bloomberg that “he never conceded. He looked at the prevailing weather and was honest. We’re not saying it’s over. We haven’t had a single bloody vote counted”, even as just moments later, wires also reported that Farage told his PA that “the UK has voted to remain in the EU.”
In any event, and Farage is quite right about this – without a single vote counted – the suspense over Brexit appears over, and reopening S&P futs were spiked 13 points higher, hitting 2,119 and less than 1% from all time highs.
Cable likewise jumped and rose above 1.15 moments ago…
.. although it has since trimmed some of its gains and was back under 1.15 at last check. As Bloomberg adds, leveraged accounts that bought GBP just after U.K. polls closed have trimmed positions after a post-voting survey sent the currency higher, according to an Asia-based FX trader.
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