As Democrat Joe Biden edged ahead in an ultra-tight US presidential election race on Friday, market players said a Biden presidency would be broadly positive for SA and other emerging markets.

But the positive sentiment was as much about expectations that a Biden presidency would see a more stable global environment as about its direct effect on the economy or markets...

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