Brexit causes shockwaves

The decision by UK voters has to be taken notice of, said EU Parliament President Martin Schulz, at the same time voicing hope that the result would not trigger a domino effect that would prompt other EU members to quit.

European stock markets reacted nervously at the start of trading Friday. The Warsaw bourse recorded a huge fall, with the primary index down 5.79 percent.

Grzegorz Maliszewski, an analyst with Millennium bank, said: "This reaction to the referendum results is typical - less interest in risky assets, and these include Polish-currency assets. We can expect a drastic reassessment of the Polish złoty. It is already plummeting, losing to the US dollar, the euro and the Swiss franc.”