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Asian equities and US stocks futures slump amid blue sweep in US polls

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“Asian equities and US stocks futures slump amid blue sweep in US polls”

US stock futures and Asian equities tumbled along with dollar as early results of US midterm polls rippled through markets, threatening President Donald Trump’s agenda amid a potential Democratic sweep. Futures for the benchmark S&P 500 index slid 1.06 per cent, at 6.30am time, giving up an earlier 0.5 per cent advance as early election results started rolling on Wednesday. The tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 futures declined 1.9 per cent while those of Dow Jones index fell 0.7 per cent. The US dollar…

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