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Markets favouring “Trump trades” but election looks too close to call

BY REUTERS Republican Donald Trump won 14 states in Tuesday’s U.S. presidential election while Democrat Kamala Harris captured four states and Washington, D.C., Edison Research projected, but the contest remained undecided with critical battleground states unlikely to be called for hours or even days. The early results were as anticipated, with the contest expected to come down to seven swing states: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Opinion polls showed the rivals neck and neck in all seven going into Election Day. As of 9 p.m. ET (0200 GMT on Wednesday), polls had closed in 41 states and Washington, D.C. Trump had 154 electoral votes to Harris’ 30 electoral votes. A candidate needs a total of 270 […] The post Markets favouring “Trump trades” but election looks too close to call first appeared on 93.3 KFM.

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