Post by account_disabled on Feb 20, 2024 5:49:29 GMT
The presidential elections in the United States, in which Donald Trump is risking re-election against the Democratic candidate Joe Biden, keep the markets in suspense , as their final results become known, which could be delayed for several days due to the narrow margin between candidates. The uncertainty about the election result in the US has been transferred to the stock markets around the world, especially to the Asian markets, which closed a few minutes ago, to the futures, which present a different sign in Europe than in the US, and in the debt, where 10-year US bond yields have retreated from 5-month highs, according to Reuters .
In Asia, the majority of stock markets have closed positively , with increases of 1.72% in the Japanese Nikkei index, 0.6% in the South Korean Kospi and 0.19% in the Shanghai Composite, while the Middle East Phone Number List Hang Seng of Hong Kong fell around 0.4% and Australia's S&P ASX closed practically flat, but negative. How to follow election night in the US: in which states Trump and Biden need to win to be the next president and when the results will be known In the futures markets, the mixed sign is more palpable and trend changes have occurred during the session .
Thus, the futures of the Nasdaq technology index have turned positive at the moment in which Trump has begun to prevail in decisive states and register increases of about while those of the S&P and the Dow Jones are negative, Meanwhile, in Europe, the trend has been the opposite of that of Nasdaq futures , with minimal increases during the early hours that have turned into falls of the Milan Mib falling and those of the Ibex 35 registering the worst losses of the morning, with a fall of around Donald Trump gives a speech at the White House during election night. Donald Trump gives a speech at the White House during election night. REUTERS/Carlos Barria "We are preparing for a great celebration, we are winning everything. We literally had everything ready to celebrate something wonderful, a complete success... We are obtaining record numbers. We have won in Ohio, in Texas, we have won in Georgia even though they don't want it include. In North Carolina we are close to achieving it.
