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The Russian ruble is stable while the country's stocks are on the rise after U.S. President-Elect Donald Trump's victory speech. The ruble had been down in early trading but is now trading at around 63.8 rubles to the dollar and near to yesterday's close.
On Tuesday night, as the presidential election's outcome became far from certain, stock futures plunged. Investors had bet heavily Monday on a victory by Democrat Hillary Clinton.
Stocks are moving modestly lower in early trading on Wall Street, a day after the market's biggest surge since March. Several companies were sinking Tuesday after reporting disappointing results.
U.S. stocks edged lower in early trading Tuesday, giving up some of their big gains from a day earlier, when the market notched its best day in eight months. Investors had their eye on the tight U.S. presidential race as voters headed to the polls.
Asian stocks were higher Tuesday following strong Wall Street gains as investors focused on the final hours of a tight U.S. presidential race. KEEPING SCORE: The Shanghai Composite Index gained 0.6 percent to 3,152.52 points and Hong Kong's Hang Seng advanced 0.4 percent to 22,883.42.
U.S. short-term interest rates futures fell on Monday as Wall Street jumped after the FBI said Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Hillary Clinton would not face formal charges after a review of recently found emails. Renewed focus on Clinton's use of a private email server while secretary of state had led traders to downgrade her chances to win the White House in Tuesday's election.
Global markets moved higher on the news. Analysts have predicted that stocks would suffer if Donald Trump was elected president, and this announcement could give Clinton a boost.
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U.S. employers maintained a strong pace of hiring in October and boosted wages for workers, which could effectively seal the case for a December interest rate increase from the Federal Reserve. Nonfarm payrolls increased by 161,000 jobs last month amid gains in construction, healthcare and professional and business services, the Labor Department said on Friday.
The slow, steady retreat of the stock market ahead of the 2016 election continued Friday, with the market falling for a ninth straight day. Wall Street is now in its longest period of decline in more than three decades.
LONDON, Nov 4 Global share prices retreated to their lowest levels since early July on Friday after two weeks of losses driven by uncertainty about the outcome of the U.S. presidential election and, latterly, Britain's path out of the European Union. A London High Court ruling on Thursday dealt a big blow to Prime Minister Theresa May's plans to launch formal Brexit talks next March, prompting speculation of an early national election and sending sterling spinning higher.
Global stock markets were mixed Thursday, bogged down by concerns over the outcome of next week's U.S. presidential election. The British pound jumped after a court ruled that parliament must vote before the government can trigger a two-year countdown to Britain's exit from the European Union.
New York, Nov 3 - The US dollar declined for the second consecutive session against most major currencies on Wednesday amid rising uncertainties about the next week's US presidential election. In late New York trading, the euro rose to $1.1096 from $1.1059, and the British pound climbed to $1.2294 from $1.2240, Xinhua news agency reported.
Nov 2 China stocks ended lower on Wednesday as investors sought shelter after a global selloff in riskier assets amid increasing nervousness over a tightening U.S. presidential race. The blue-chip CSI300 index fell 0.8 percent to 3,333.35 points, while the Shanghai Composite Index lost 0.6 percent to 3,102.73.
Asian stocks fell on Wednesday ahead of the Fed's rate call later today as the chances of a Donald Trump victory in the Presidential elections appeared to increase. U.S. futures were also down, with the Dow Jones down 0.26%, S&P 500 mini futures 0.29% lower and Nasdaq 100 futures off 0.25%.
Wall Street sold off on Tuesday, with the S&P 500 closing at the lowest level since July 7, amid growing concern over the impending U.S. presidential election and prospects for higher U.S. interest rates. Stocks pared losses after falling steeply in early afternoon trading as the S&P 500 breached a key technical level.
Global bonds are still driving toward their best performance in seven years even after an October rout. The Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate Index has returned 6.8 percent in 2016, set for the biggest advance since 2009.
Bonds rose as a plunge in crude oil eased concern that quickening inflation would erode the value of fixed interest payments. Stocks were little changed.
Share prices fell in Europe and Asia on Monday as uncertainty rose following news the FBI has revived an inquiry into U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's private email server. Investors also were watching for a slew of market-moving data and events this week.