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SYDNEY, June 24 (Reuters) - Australian shares plunged more than 3 percent and New Zealand stocks slumped more than 2 percent on Friday, as voters in Britain took the historic decision to pull out of the European Union, roiling global markets.
The S&P/ASX 200 index .AXJO fell 3.17 percent, or 167.484 points, to end the session at 5,113.20. It was the benchmark's biggest single-day fall since September 2015 and wiped A$50 billion ($36.82 billion) off the exchange.
New Zealand's benchmark S&P/NZX 50 index .NZ50 shed 2.25 percent, or 153.57 points, to finish the session at 6,667.78.
($1 = 1.3580 Australian dollars)