The Asia-Pacific region's major stock markets showed mixed performance in the afternoon of the 5th due to market caution towards the US presidential election and this week's Federal Reserve interest rate decision. Mainland A-shares in Shanghai and Shenzhen each rose 2.3% and 3.2% respectively, outperforming the region; The Japanese market extended trading hours by 30 minutes today, with the Nikkei Index rebounding over 1% throughout the day; Mumbai, India, opened high but then fell due to capital outflows.

Major European stock markets were mostly soft in the early session, with moderate declines. Germany's DAX fell by 43 points or 0.2% to 19,105. The UK's FTSE 100 dropped by 5 points or 0.06% to 8,179. France's CAC fell by 21 points or nearly 0.3% to 7,350. Italy's FTSE MIB fell by 51 points or 0.15% to 34,488. Spain's IBEX 35 fell by 27 points or 0.2% to 11,777. The STOXX Europe 600 fell by 0.23% to 508.05.

British telecommunications company Vodafone rose by 1.8% in early trading, to 73.45 pence; There are reports that the UK may conditionally approve a merger between 3 UK and Vodafone UK.

The futures of the three major US stock indices held steady, with Dow Jones futures edging up by 4 points; S&P 500 futures up by 2 points; Nasdaq futures up by 23 points or 0.11%.