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Wall Street Breakfast: Politics In The Markets?

With the evening mainly focused on insults instead of policy, stock index futures were little changed during the debate.

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton came out swinging in the second presidential debate last night, as both candidates attacked one another's fitness for the presidency and greeted each other without the traditional handshake. With the evening mainly focused on insults instead of policy, stock index futures were little changed during the debate, although the Mexican peso briefly gained 2% against the dollar. "I think the market declared it a draw and has no more clue after the debate than before," said JJ Kinahan, chief strategist at TD Ameritrade.

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