We are less than a week away from next Tuesday’s elections in the US when two of the key issues will be whether the Democrats lose control of both the House and the Senate. So far, at least, the markets think that the Republicans will take control of the House but not the Senate.

So far there’s not been a lot of betting in the UK though that could grow sharply in the final few days.

Ladbrokes has a range of markets as do several other bookmakers.

Mike Smithson