Stocks, Treasury yields gain as markets brace for US vote
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Stocks, Treasury yields rise ahead of tight US election
Dollar and bonds set to react to US vote
VIX 'fear index' at low ebb
USD/CNH implied volatility near record high
By Koh Gui Qing and Lawrence White
NEW YORK, Nov 5 (Reuters) -World stocks rose and Treasury yields rebounded on Tuesday while an index of market volatility retreated, as markets awaited early indications of the outcome of a knife-edge U.S. election, with only currency markets showing some jitters.
Overnight implied volatility options for euro/dollar spiked to the highest since November 2016, as did those for the dollar-Mexican peso pair MXNONO=, in recognition that the latter could be hard hit by protectionist policies if Republican Donald Trump defeats Democrat candidate Kamala Harris.
The VIX index .VIX of U.S. stock volatility, known as Wall Street's fear gauge, hovered at 20.6, down 6.7% from a day earlier but up from 15 in September. That said, it is still half the level seen in the previous 2020 election in a sign that markets remained relatively sanguine.
"The polls remain neck and neck even as some recent polling has suggested that Harris has gained the upper hand," analysts at TD Securities said.
"Prediction markets have swung wildly on the updated polling, but a Red Wave remains the most likely outcome priced into markets followed by Democratic President and split Congress."
MSCI's gauge of stocks across the globe .MIWD00000PUS climbed 0.65%. On Wall Street, the S&P 500 Index .SPX rose 0.9%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI added 0.8%, and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC jumped 1%. .N
The 10-year Treasury yield US10YT=RR rose over 5 basis points to 4.3636%, near a four-month-high struck last week, as investors focused yet again on inflation risks. US/
Yields spiked higher even as investors widely expect the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates by 25 basis points this week. The jump in yields followed data from the Institute for Supply Management that showed U.S. services sector activity unexpectedly accelerated in October to a more-than-two-year high, as employment strengthened.
The two-year Treasury yield US2YT=RR added 4.6 bps to 4.2200%, also near a three-month-high hit last week.
"Investors are braced for turbulence in the Treasury market, even allowing for the big moves that we’ve already seen in it recently," said John Higgins, chief markets economist at Capital Economics. Higgins said the choppiness is not surprising given "the contrast in the protagonists’ policy platforms."
In general, investors have interpreted Trump's trade policies to be more protectionist and inflationary.
Europe's benchmark STOXX index .STOXX was flat, while MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS rose 0.9% higher.
Currencies, which unlike shares trade around the clock, saw more action albeit still offering only scattered and contradictory indications of which candidate investors were betting on.
The dollar, which eased as traders made final tweaks to positions, bought 151.98 yen JPY=EBS and changed hands at $1.0905 per euro EUR=EBS. USD/
"They've priced what they think is price-able and that's that," said Westpac strategist Imre Speizer, adding that a clear win for Trump would lift the dollar, while a win for Harris would push it a little lower.
Bitcoin BTC= added 2.8% to about $69,698, with Trump viewed by analysts as enacting more favourable policies for cryptocurrencies than Harris.
Election Day ends an acrimonious campaign jolted by assassination attempts on Trump and the withdrawal of President Joe Biden in favour of Harris, with polls showing the candidates virtually tied.
"Ultimately the U.S. election comes down to this - whether the U.S. electorate wants to vote for economic policy continuity, institutional stability and liberal democracy (Harris) or radical trade policy, a further retreat for globalization and strongman democracy (Trump)," J.P. Morgan analysts said in a note. "In short, a vote for stability or change."
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China is seen on the front line of tariff risk and its currency in particular is trading on tenterhooks with implied volatility against the dollar CNHSWO= around record highs.
The yuan CNY=CFXS hovered at 7.1047 per dollar, while Chinese stock markets surged to almost one-month highs as investors expect a meeting of top policymakers in Beijing this week to approve local government debt refinancing and spending.
China's blue chip CSI300 .CSI300 jumped 2.5% and Hong Kong's Hang Seng .HSI rose 2.1%. .SS
The Australian dollar barely reacted after the central bank held rates, as expected, with all eyes on the U.S. election, and the Aussie AUD=D3 was last marginally firmer at $0.6614.AUD/
Euro zone bond yields edged up, with Germany's 10-year bond yield DE10YT=RR climbing nearly 3 basis points to 2.418%, a little below last week's three-month high of 2.447%.
Oil held sharp overnight gains on delays to producers' plans for increased output, leaving benchmark Brent crude futures LCOc1 at $75.97 a barrel after a 3% rise on Monday. O/R
When U.S. election results roll in after midnight GMT, the focus will be on the battleground states of Georgia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Arizona, Wisconsin and Nevada.
A winner may not be known for days and Trump has signalled that he will attempt to fight any defeat, as he did in 2020.
World FX rates YTD http://tmsnrt.rs/2egbfVh
'Fear index' at low ebb ahead of US vote https://reut.rs/4f9RxF1
Reporting by Lawrence White in London and Tom Westbrook in Singapore; editing by Shri Navaratnam, Christina Fincher Mark Heinrich, Alexandra Hudson
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