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Singapore, regional markets surge on eve of US election

Sentiment buoyed by prospects of US fiscal stimulus to be unleashed post-election.

Ben Paul

Ben Paul

Published Tue, Nov 3, 2020 · 09:50 PM

Straits Times Index

MARKETS around the world turned positive on the eve of the US presidential election, even though it had not become any clearer whether Donald Trump or Joe Biden would win.

While a Biden win was initially thought to be negative for stocks - due to the expectation that he would roll back the corporate tax cuts implemented by Mr Trump - th…

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