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US election 2016: Trump and Clinton complete final day of campaigning

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton made a final push for votes on Monday before America goes to the polls to elect its next president.

Mrs Clinton made last-ditch appeals in Pittsburgh, Grand Rapids, North Carolina and Philadelphia - where she was joined on stage by her husband and daughter, President Barack Obama and rock star Bruce Springsteen.

Mr Trump, meanwhile, held rallies in North Carolina, Florida, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire and Michigan.

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Hillary Clinton leads polls on final day of campaigning

On the final day of campaigning for the US election, four separate national opinion polls suggest a slight advantage for Hillary Clinton.

The polls, conducted by Reuters/Ipsos, ABC/Washington Post, CBS and Bloomberg suggests Mrs Clinton holds a lead of almost 5%.

Global financial markets slipped last week as polls suggested the presidential race was tightening.

However US stock market indexes rose 1% on Monday after the FBI announced they will suspend their investigation into Mrs Clinton's emails, whilst the dollar also strengthened in Asian trading against major currencies.

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