On Monday, global stock markets rebounded from last week’s sell-off, as investors braced for the United States (US) presidential election on Tuesday and continued to follow coronavirus developments. Biden leads the polls, but uncertainty about the outcome of Tuesday’s election mount as many states will not have complete results on Tuesday night due to the increase in mail voting. Simultaneously, fresh lockdowns announced across Europe in recent days to contain the resurgence of the coronavirus pandemic kept sentiment gloomy.

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