Tokyo stocks surge, yen slides as markets project Trump win

Tokyo stocks soared Wednesday on the yen's plunge that lifted exporters, as investors increasingly priced in a possible win for Republican nominee Donald Trump in the U.S. presidential election.The U.S. dollar climbed sharply to hit a three-month high of 154.38 yen in Tokyo after U.S. media reports said that early vote counts in some key battleground states showed Trump leading his Democratic rival, Vice President Kamala Harris.The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average ended up 1,005.77 points, or 2.61 percent, from Tuesday at 39,480.67, after briefly surging over 3 percent. The broader Topix inde…READ FULL ARTICLE