Bet on Joe Biden for US president helps lift global markets
But a Trump win, a contested result or just a divided outcome could all trigger corrections in markets
03 November 2020 - 12:16
London — European stock markets rose in early trading on Tuesday as investors bet on a clear win for Joe Biden as the US votes in its most polarised presidential election in living memory.
Steady earnings from French bank BNP Paribas lifted its shares 6.5%, adding to a sense that the banking sector was holding up relatively well to an economic pounding from the Covid-19 crisis...
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