Dollar and bonds seen reacting to US vote
China blue chips jump 2 on stimulus expectations
USDCNH implied volatility near record high
Australia holds interest rates, as expected

SINGAPORE, Nov 5 Reuters An uneasy calm settled over currencies and bonds as investors waited for the United States to choose a new leader with polls showing the contest on a knife edge, while expectations China will approve more government spending lifted Chinese stocks.

MSCI39;s broadest index of AsiaPacific shares outside Japan inched 0.3 higher. Tokyo39;s Nikkei returned from a holiday and rose 1.4. SP 500 futures were flat, as were European and FTSE futures.

The dollar, which had eased as traders made final tweaks to positions, bought 152.46 yen and changed hands at 1.0879 per euro .

They39;ve priced what they think is priceable and that39;s that, said Westpac strategist Imre Speizer, adding that a clear win for Republican Donald Trump would lift the dollar, while a win for Democrat Kamala Harris would push it a little lower.

Election day ends an acrimonious campaign jolted by assassination attempts on Trump and the withdrawal of President Joe Biden in favour of Harris, with polls showing the candidates virtually tied.

Markets are on edge about how Trump39;s protectionist trade policies in particular could stoke inflation and hit exports in the world39;s biggest consumer market with bonds and the dollar expected to move on the outcome of the election.

Ultimately the U.S….