S&P on track to snap eight-day losing streak

The S&P 500 index was on track to snap its eight-day losing streak, its longest since 2008, even as worries over the outcome of the U.S. presidential election continued to weigh on investor sentiment. Investors have been unnerved by signs the U.S. presidential race between Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump is tightening, after Clinton had until recently been thought to have a clear lead. The latest Reuters/Ipsos polling showed Clinton, seen as the status quo candidate by m