Asian Traders ‘Seasick’ as UK Votes for Brexit

(Reuters) Asian currency, bond and equity traders kicked off an early day of choppy trading as a British vote to leave the European Union sent shivers across trading floors, having kept many investors glued to their television screens.

Trading desks at most foreign banks from Hong Kong to Singapore opened on Friday nearly two hours before their normal start to take in early orders and address investor concerns, but the market meltdown and volatility ahead of the result pushed many traders to the sidelines.

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