 The exit poll also shows the far-right anti-immigrant Reform UK party, led by Brexiteer Nigel Farage, may have done better than expected and won its first seats in Parliament. Lauren Frayer, NPR News, London. U.S. financial markets are closed today for the Fourth of July holiday, though there was trading elsewhere. Japan's benchmark Nikkei surged to a new record close today in Frankfurt, Paris and London. European markets also were higher.