US markets rally after historic US midterm elections results

Wall Street is reacting to a political earthquake in the wake of US midterm elections that saw Democrats take control of both the House of Representatives and Senate on the back of historic gains in traditionally Republican states.

Major market indexes are opening sharply higher, as investors digest the scale of the Democratic victory and President Donald Trump's acceptance of the results may serve to ease one immediate concern for markets.

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