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Live Blog Update| USA 2016
This is an entry from: LIVE: Trump wins US election

Dow, Asian markets plunge as Trump maintains lead

As the New York Times has changed its forecast to a Trump win, several markets have plunged. The Dow Futures and Hong Kong's Hang Seng each dropped 500 points and Japan's Nikkei has plummeted by 400 points. The Mexican peso has lost 11.5 percent of its value in the last few hours.