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Stocks, treasury yields and pound fall as investors turn cautious

Stocks, oil and the British pound slumped Tuesday while benchmark US Treasury yields plumbed record lows as the UK’s vote to exit the European Union continued to ripple across markets.

Stocks, treasury yields and pound fall as investors turn cautious

Stocks, oil and the British pound slumped Tuesday while benchmark US Treasury yields plumbed record lows as the UK’s vote to exit the European Union continued to ripple across markets.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 98 points, or 0.6%, to 17851. The S&P 500 declined 0.7% and the Nasdaq Composite Index lost 0.8%.

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