Sterling falls more than 6 cents to below $1.44 after Sunderland vote

LONDON (Reuters) - Sterling plunged against major currencies on Friday after the UK referendum vote count in the north-eastern city of Sunderland showed a stronger-than-expected vote in favour of taking Britain out of the European Union. Sterling fell as low as $1.4351 against the dollar, more than wiping out all its gains that had lifted it above $1.50 for the first time this year on the back of an earlier YouGov opinion poll. That poll suggested Britons had voted 52-48 percent to stay in the EU. In extremely volatile and illiquid trading, sterling was last quoted at $1.4560. (Reporting by Jamie McGeever; Editing by William Schomberg)