US election LIVE | With Wisconsin win, Trump elected US' 47th President

US stock futures and the dollar surged in Asia on Wednesday as investors wagered Donald Trump could win the US presidential election.

Sensex and Nifty ticked higher in initial trade on Wednesday led by buying in IT stocks and a rally in the US markets.

The BSE Sensex climbed 338.1 points to 79,814.73 in early trade. The NSE Nifty jumped 101.5 points to 24,314.80.

Kamala Harris won California on Tuesday, giving her the largest prize in the presidential election - 54 electoral votes. The outcome in the heavily Democratic state where Harris previously served as a U.S. senator and attorney general was expected. A Republican candidate hasn’t won a presidential contest in the nation’s most populous state since 1988, and the GOP hasn’t seriously contested California in a presidential election since 2000. Registered Democrats outnumber Republicans in California by about 2-to-1, and the party holds every statewide office and dominates the Legislature and congressional delegation.

The Associated Press declared Harris the winner at 11:00 p.m. EST.

Donald Trump won Idaho for the third consecutive election on Tuesday, adding four electoral votes to his tally.

Idaho is deeply red, and the Republican presidential nominee has carried the state with more than 60% of the vote for the last several elections. The last time a Democratic presidential nominee won Idaho was 60 years ago, when Lyndon Johnson beat Republican Barry Goldwater by a narrow margin of just over 5,300 votes.

The Associated Press declared Trump the winner at 11:00 p.m. EST.

Kamala Harris won Washington’s 12 electoral votes on Tuesday, besting Donald Trump in a state where he is not popular. Washington has not gone for a Republican presidential candidate since Ronald Reagan in 1984. President Joe Biden carried Washington in 2020 with 58% of the vote to Trump’s less than 39%.

The Associated Press declared Harris the winner at 11:00 p.m. EST.