Markets up as Hillary Clinton takes big lead over Donald Trump

The lead in the polls following the final US presidential debate which point to a victory for Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump is helping boost stock markets and demand for riskier assets, a leading market analyst has said.

Trading in stocks and currency markets were volatile yesterday as the ECB met in Frankfurt but the US debate helped lift stocks as US commentators said there was a growing probability that Hillary Clinton could win the race by a big margin in the November 8 election.

“Despite the continued WikiLeaks releases of Hilary Clinton’s staff emails, it seems there is an overwhelming consensus that she will win by a wide margin next month.