President Trump wrote that votes for a "fake Dan Sullivan" and another "impostor" the Democrats placed on the ballot should be immediately credited to the real Dan Sullivan, ending the election; "he will win easily," Trump said, calling that "the only fair solution."

Shanghai Gold Exchange Gold T+D climbed 3.62% at the start of the Nov 5 evening session to 883.66 yuan/gram; Shanghai Gold Exchange Silver T+D rose 0.28% to 12,680 yuan/kg.

At midday close China's main futures front-month contracts were mixed. Palladium rose over 8%, platinum over 7%, Shanghai silver nearly 6%, Shanghai nickel over 5%, Shanghai gold over 4%, red dates almost 4%, and coke and lithium carbonate rose more than 3%. On the downside, LPG, PET chip, propylene, benzene, polyethylene, polypropylene, mono‑ethylene glycol (MEG) and styrene hit the daily down limit; fuel oil and low‑sulfur fuel oil (LU) fell over 10%, asphalt nearly 9%, INE crude (SC) and methanol over 7%, and p‑xylene over 6%.