TOKYO (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar clawed back early losses against risk-sensitive currencies on Wednesday after preliminary results suggested President Donald Trump has a slight edge over Democratic challenger Joe Biden in Florida, a key battleground state.

SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Xinhua) -- South Korean automakers' global car sale fell last month due to lower overseas demand, caused by the COVID-19 resurgence in Europe, industry data showed Monday.

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Asian shares got off to a strong start on Tuesday, with investors buoyed by strong factory output data from major economies, while the dollar and gold held ground on political uncertainty ahead of U.S. elections.

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Oil prices slipped on Tuesday as worries about soaring COVID-19 cases, rapidly rising Libyan supply and U.S election jitters outweighed growing hopes that major producers would hold back on planned production increases.

BENGALURU (Reuters) - Bets against the U.S. dollar were expected to linger or even increase in the immediate aftermath of the Nov. 3 presidential election, despite jitters in the run-up along with surging coronavirus cases, a Reuters poll showed.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 2 — Malaysia’s manufacturing activity as measured by the Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), dipped for the fourth successive month in October, down to 48.5 from 49.0 in September.