FBI all-clear sends world stock markets soaring

The FBI’s latest intervention and opinion polls on the eve of the US election favouring Hillary Clinton have soothed jitters of financial markets which deeply fear the unknown quantity of a Donald Trump presidency, and sent world stock markets soaring.

The unprecedented US election campaign has frayed nerves and markets could still soar or plunge today depending on reports of turnout ahead of the first results around midnight Irish time, according to market participants.

Yesterday, the dollar soared against the euro on the late Sunday news that the FBI had found nothing new in emails to press charges against Ms Clinton for the use of her private computer server.