New York (CNN Business)Stock markets are ticking higher as the results of the US midterm elections come in.
After swinging between small gains and losses, Tokyo’s benchmark Nikkei index and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng both rose around 1% in Wednesday trading. Other major markets in the region were up a bit less. US stock futures pointed slightly higher.
The main US indexes had closed up just over 0.5% on Tuesday as voters went to the polls.
