Pittsburgh/Sarasota — Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump crisscrossed the US on Monday as they raced to sway undecided voters in a tight US presidential race in which Clinton has maintained a narrow lead, according to opinion polls. With only one day left before election day, the Clinton campaign was boosted by Sunday’s unexpected FBI announcement that it stood by its July decision not to press any criminal charges in an investigation of Clinton’s e-mail practices. A Fox News opinion poll on Monday had former secretary of state Clinton leading Trump, a wealthy New York real estate developer, by four percentage points among likely voters. Financial markets brightened on Monday in reaction to the latest twists in what has been a roller-coaster presidential campaign. Stocks and the dollar posted their biggest gains in weeks after the FBI announcement. In early trading, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 243 points, or 1.36%, at 18,131.33. Opinion polls show a clo...
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