Trump Tweets, Dow Futures Plunge 750 Points

The Mexican peso also fell 10 percent against the US dollar, reaching near record lows.

Earlier, the S&P 500 e-mini futures contract was down as much as 65 points, or 3.04 percent.

The US dollar sank 3 percent to 102.02 yen while the euro jumped 1.5 percent to $ 1.119 per US dollar.

The futures are down nearly 4 percent, a loss on par with the one that followed the UK’s vote to leave the European Union in June.

Wall Street has seen Hillary Clinton, the Democratic presidential nominee, as the status quo candidate who would bring stability to markets.

Trump, meanwhile, has made foreign policy pronouncements that have raised uncertainty over trade policy and unnerved investors.

Trump’s victory has spooked investors who had largely priced in a Clinton win

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