Global stocks dip, pound drops ahead of Brexit vote

BEIJING -- Global stocks turned lower Tuesday and the British pound dropped as expectations grew that British lawmakers would reject a plan to leave the European Union. In midday trading, France's CAC 40 shed 0.3 per cent to 5,254 while Germany's DAX lost its gains to trade flat at 11,518. London's FTSE 100 was also flat, at 7,156, while the pound dropped a sharp 1 per cent on expectations that the latest version of Britain's Brexit deal with the EU will be voted down by lawmakers on Tuesday. On