The US dollar and Treasuries are likely to see a knee-jerk bid higher after Joe Biden dropped his re-election bid.
Investors will see this development as bringing a fresh level of uncertainty about the final outcome of the US elections.
Shane Solly from Harbour Asset Management says this is definitely a spanner in the works.
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