Pound hits 31-year low on 'hard' Brexit worries while stocks soar

By Anirban Nag and Kit Rees LONDON (Reuters) - Sterling slid to its lowest in more than three decades on Tuesday on fears of a "hard Brexit" from the European Union and its single market that could hurt the economy, although the weaker pound sent UK stocks surging. The pound has already lost 1.7 percent against the U.S. dollar since Prime Minister Theresa May said on Sunday the formal process to take Britain out of the EU will start by the end of March 2017. Many economists and investors fear Ma