(HedgeWeek) Asian, European and UK markets have all seen significant falls following the news that Donald Trump is to become the 45th President of the United States. In the opening minutes of trading in London, the UK’s FTSE 100 index was down 82 points (1.2 per cent), following earlier falls in other major European and Asian stock markets. Japan’s Nikkei 225 closed down by 5.4 percent at the end of Wednesday trading, but Hong Kong’s Hang Seng fared better, trading 2.9 per cent lower, with the Shanghai Composite closing down 0.3 per cent.

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