trump and clinton choice impacting global markets november 08, 2016 trump and clinton choice impacting global markets 




stocks and the dollar were little changed on tuesday as global investors trod carefully, readying for the outcome of one of the most contentious u.s. presidential elections in history. trade was largely driven by cautious expectations of a win for democrat hillary clinton, but some sharp swings in recent days across all asset classes meant big bets were relatively thin on the ground as americans started voting. wall street's s&p 500, dow jones, and nasdaq markets were expected to open a touch lower having enjoyed their best day since march on monday, while the dollar held steady as bonds and gold made ground. "while the market is broadly pricing in a clinton victory, we are well away from the final results," said ipek ozkardeskaya, senior market analyst at london capital group. "it is certainly too early to speculate. the least we can say is that the risk appetite is quite firm for such a high event-risk day." 




europe's index of leading 300 shares, which posted its biggest gain in two months on monday, was flat ahead of u.s. trading. a modest 0.15 percent gain for britain's ftse 100 was balanced by 0.1 percent dips in both germany and france 




msci's broadest index of asia-pacific shares outside japan had ended up 0.6 percent overnight though japan's nikkei 225 ended flat. msci's global index of world shares was up 0.1 percent. article by doc burkhart , vice-president, general manager and co-host of trunews with rick wiles
trump and clinton choice impacting global markets
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