Markets braced for choppy week as pound falls amid Brexit fears

Sterling and Asian stocks fall to two-month lows amid uncertainty about EU vote and state of world economy

Financial markets suffered falls on Monday amid growing fears that Britain could vote to leave the EU.

Britain's blue-chip FTSE 100 index hit a three-week low as another bout of Brexit angst hit the City, after Asian stocks fell the most in more than two months.

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