# U.K.’s EU Exit Roils Currencies From Australia to Russia, Mexico - Bloomberg

> Stronger-than-expected support for Brexit in UK referendum results roiled currency markets, sending sterling to its lowest level since 1985. The euro and higher-yielding currencies such as the Australian dollar, New Zealand dollar, Mexican peso and South African rand fell, while the yen rose past 100 per dollar.

- Date: 2016-06-24 · published 2016-06-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region Global · magnitude high
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/6955-u-k-s-eu-exit-roils-currencies-from-australia-to-russia-mexico-bloomberg
- Commodities: [British Pound (USD per GBP)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/GBPUSD.md), [Euro (USD per EUR)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/EURUSD.md), [Japanese Yen (JPY per USD)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/USDJPY.md), [US Dollar (Broad)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DXY.md)

## Why it matters

Weaker emerging-market and commodity-linked currencies can lower the local-currency cost of some exports, but broad risk-off moves raise volatility and can pressure dollar-quoted feed prices. The stronger yen also affects Japanese demand for imported feed.

## Read by commodity

- DXY: bullish ▲
- EURUSD: bearish ▼
- GBPUSD: bearish ▼
- USDJPY: bearish ▼

## Linked price moves

| Commodity | Date | Window | Change % | z-score | Why linked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| EURUSD | 2016-06-24 | 1 | -2.2% | -4.6 | The Brexit result roiled currency markets and the euro fell along with other risk-sensitive currencies, a currency-sentiment channel. |

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## Sources

- bloomberg.com: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-06-24/u-k-referendum-roils-global-currencies-from-australia-to-mexico

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