Barack rocks stocks in Asia; Mo. still too close to call
The British Broadcasting Corporation has reported that as international excitement welled about the election of Barack Obama has led to rising stocks in the Asian market. The report stated Japan's Nikkei 225 index went up 4.5 percent, Singapore's benchmark index increased 4.1 percent and Hong Kong's Hang Seng index rose 5.7 percent. The American market experienced an increase as well, the BBC reports: the Dow Jones Industrial Average went up 305.5 points, closing at 9,625.3 on Election Day.
While the election has long since been declared for Obama, Missouri is one of three states still considered "too close to call," along with Montana and North Carolina. John McCain is still up by 17,750 votes, or .6 percent, with 3,466 of 3,533 precincts reporting.
6:57 a.m., Nov. 5, 2008
frank burns said:
Along with McCain, my hat is off to you Obama, and I realize that I owe it to America and to my children to lend my moral support to you as you lead this great nation over the next four years. I have always said, "America, love it or leave it," and that hasn't changed.