最新民调显示英国退欧民意大幅领先

Volatility in currency markets intensified and the pound came under renewed selling pressure late on Friday after a survey showed the British campaign to Leave the EU had opened a 10-point lead over the Remain camp.

周五晚间外汇市场波动加剧，英镑承受新的抛售压力，此前有调查显示，英国退欧阵营比留欧阵营领先10个百分点。

A sell-off in the pound accelerated minutes after an ORB survey commissioned by The Independent newspaper showed 55 per cent of likely voters would cast their ballot to exit the EU. The Remain camp was expected to capture 45 per cent of the vote, according to the online poll of 2,052 respondents.

英国《独立报》(The Independent)委托ORB对2052名受访者进行了在线调查，结果显示，在可能投票的选民当中，有55%将支持退出欧盟，支持留欧的比例是45%。该调查结果出来数分钟之后，英镑抛售压力加剧。

Sterling slid 1.4 per cent against the US dollar to $1.426 and 0.8 per cent against the euro, extending earlier losses hours before foreign exchange markets closed for the week.

英镑兑美元汇率下跌1.4%，至1英镑兑1.426美元，兑欧元下跌0.8%，在汇市结束一周的交易数小时前扩大了早先的跌幅。

The slide in the pound marked its biggest one-day loss since February 22 to near a two-month low as the UK readies for the landmark vote in less than two weeks.

英镑此次下跌标志着自今年2月22日以来最大的单日跌幅，跌至近两个月来的最低点。英国将在不到两周后迎来这场里程牌式的公投。

“UK political risk has become the biggest deal in global financial markets,” strategists with Citi said. “Financial markets do not like uncertainty and this referendum provides high-level event risk with a binary outcome and little historical precedence — no wonder so many investors across all asset classes are concerned.”

花旗(Citi)的外汇策略师们表示：“英国政治风险成为全球金融市场上最为重大的事件。金融市场不喜欢不确定性，这场公投带来了高度的事件风险，结果是极化的，历史上几乎没有先例——难怪各个资产类别的这么多投资者都感到担忧。”