US equity markets climbed on as Americans headed to the polling booths for the midterm elections, shrugging off a mid-afternoon dip - Dow rallied +334-points or +1.02%, The broader S&P500 rose +0.56%, with Materials (up +1.68%) leading ten of the eleven primary sectors higher. Consumer Discretionary (down -0.30%) was the only primary sector to settle in the red. The Nasdaq settled +0.49% higher. The small capitalisation Russell 2000 added +0.19%.