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Global Market Today: Asian stocks rise as oil slides after US midterm elections

Asian stocks advanced, tracking gains in US equities after a Democratic sweep in the US midterm elections sent oil plunging on speculation the conflict with Iran will end sooner.Benchmark indexes rose in Japan and Australia, pushing the MSCI Asia Pacific Index up by 0.3%. That was after the S&P 500 Index jumped 1.6%, its biggest…