HONG KONG — The pound gained and stock markets in Asia rose on Friday morning, as the earliest results from the Scottish independence vote showed that voters in several localities favored keeping their country in the United Kingdom.
The pound had gained about 0.6 percent against the dollar in Asian trading by mid-morning, while the Nikkei share index in Japan was up by 1.4 percent at the midday trading break in Tokyo. The Hang Seng Index in Hong Kong edged up 0.2 percent, and Australia's main index was also up 0.2 percent.
With only about 66,000 of the 2.2 million votes cast in Scotland had been tallied as of 3:38 a.m. local time, the early indications were that "no" votes against independence had captured about 60 percent of the vote, while "yes" votes were trailing with about 40 percent.
Futures contracts on the FTSE 100 index, Britain's benchmark share index, were trading 0.7 percent higher by mid-morning in Asia, at about 6,865 points.
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