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How does markets’ Brexit shock compare to past crises?

While Friday’s largest-ever daily drop in sterling and the significant hit to UK equities following the vote to leave the EU were undoubtedly extremely significant, the overall degree of market distress is not yet at levels seen during the global financial crisis, or even the euro-zone debt crisis in 2011.

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