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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Mike Bedigan,Archie Mitchell and Shweta Sharma

Global stocks soar as Trump wins US election

Global stock markets led by the UK and Europe have been boosted while the US dollar has surged as traders around the world react to Donald Trump winning the US presidential election.

The UK’s FTSE 100 jumped by about 1.5 per cent when markets opened on Wednesday as the Republican win offered certainty for the future of the world’s biggest economy.

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