Australian share market stumbled to a four-month low on Wednesday, 09 November 2016, losing ~A$35 billion in value amid a global shock from US election results that have left Donald Trump poised to won the U.S. presidential election. All sectors on the ASX closed deep in the red, with the banks, health and energy sectors suffering the biggest declines. At the closing bell, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index tumbled 101.20 points, or 1.92%, to 5,156.60, while the broader All Ordinaries index stumbled 103.90 points, or 1.94%, to 5,238.30. Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Australia Stock Exchange by 981 to 221 and 229 ended unchanged. The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 14.69% to 21.030 a new 3-month high.
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