FBI move, just before election, to dampen market

AFTER beating a retreat last week, local shares look set to spend the next several days in a state of anxiety with just one more week to go before pivotal decisions in the United States shape the next four years or more for the world's biggest economy and the rest of the world as well.

The benchmark Straits Times Index may be buffeted by divergent forces on the first day of the week. One factor that may give it a minor lift is the …