The Bank of England has promised to support the markets after the referendum on withdrawal from the EU – look

Bank of England pledged to take all necessary measures to maintain financial and economic stability after the referendum, in which the majority of the population were in favor of withdrawal from the EU.

«The Bank of England is closely following the developments. He has taken the necessary measures in the event of unforeseen circumstances and is working closely with the Ministry of Finance, other domestic authorities and foreign central banks “, – quotes the statement of the Bank TASS reported with reference to Reuters.

Recall euro against the dollar is losing about 3% after the announcement of the official results of the referendum in the UK in the European Union membership. World oil prices have lost about 4.5%, and earlier fell more than 5%.

Supporters of the UK release of the European Union won the referendum held on Thursday; as evidenced by the final results, published on the results of the processing of ballots from all 382 polling stations, 52% of Britons (17.41 million people) voted for the termination of membership of the United Kingdom to the EU, 48% (16.14 million people) were in favor of the continuation of the European integration.

The referendum is not legally binding, that is, the government and the Prime Minister has the right to ignore the results. However, as experts point out, the fact that David Cameron has himself initiated the referendum, ignore the results it is unlikely. Many political analysts predict that the prime minister resign, despite his earlier assurances that he will remain at his post anyway. Cameron will soon deliver an address to the citizens of the country.

The turnout in the referendum was 72.1%. It is reported that this is the most high turnout at the polls since 1997, when the country on expectations of big changes were carried out general elections.

Meanwhile, according to the leader of the campaign for the withdrawal from the EU, eurosceptic Matthew Elliott, the UK remains in the EU for many months or even several years.

As the chairman of the European Parliament Martin Schulz, developments in financial markets indicate that the way in which stepped the UK, will be difficult, negotiating the withdrawal of Britain from the EU “will begin in the near future».