SYDNEY: Disbelief and shock hit financial trading rooms on Friday as Britain voted to leave the European Union in a decision that sparked upheaval across Asian markets.

Share markets in the region spiraled into the red after early forecasts during morning trade that Britons would choose to stay in the grouping gave way to results pointing towards an exit.

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