Democrat candidate Joe Biden now looks in the box seat to win the US presidential election.

Among key battleground states, Pennsylvania is still live and election officials said the full count may be days away.

Officials in Nevada have delayed the full announcement of vote results until tomorrow (4am Sydney time).

On local betting markets, gambling site Sportsbet has paid out on a Biden win. But this is America, so we can’t rule out some more wild u-turns.

Trump has lawyered up, and his legal team (led by former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani) has already slapped lawsuits on three states — largely based around an alleged lack of Republican oversight at voting ballots.

The race for the 100-seat Senate is on a knife edge, with Republicans leading 48-47 with five races remaining.

The Republicans lead three of those, and there will be a run-off in Georgia (not until January) which the Republicans are also favoured in.

So, what’s the outlook for small caps with a Biden presidency and a Republican-controlled Senate? More on that here.

For now, ASX markets are pretty calm about the whole thing.

There were steady gains on all the local indexes in morning trade, following a buoyant session on Wall Street overnight as traders assessed the probability of a clear Democrat victory.

Bitcoin is up and about — >$US14,000 and counting – while gold is holding steady above $US1,900 an ounce.

WINNERS

Here are the best performing ASX small cap stocks at 12pm Thursday November 5:

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Code Name Price % Change Market Cap
SOP Synertec Corporation 0.078 105 $ 10,498,396.08
MCM Mc Mining Ltd 0.21 56 $ 20,846,639.93
TTA TTA Holdings Ltd 0.014 40 $ 1,374,234.10
CCE Carnegie Cln Energy 0.002 33 $ 16,712,178.68
MLS Metals Australia 0.002 33 $ 6,286,355.36
NPM Newpeak Metals 0.004 33 $ 13,095,487.53
IEC Intra Energy Corp 0.013 30 $ 3,877,240.30
NXM Nexus Minerals Ltd 0.16 28 $ 24,168,958.88
CGS Cogstate Ltd 1.35 25 $ 183,731,397.12
YPB YPB Group Ltd 0.0025 25 $ 8,395,814.93
EMH European Metals Hldg 0.49 24 $ 45,795,865.90
GLA Gladiator Resources 0.003 20 $ 5,819,585.43
IMS Impelus Ltd 0.006 20 $ 4,016,730.43
RFN Reffind Limited 0.003 20 $ 3,108,146.55
PAK Pacific American Hld 0.026 18 $ 6,920,867.80
ARV Artemis Resources 0.14 17 $ 136,051,718.04
ENX Enegex Limited 0.07 17 $ 8,048,346.42
TPD Talon Petroleum Ltd 0.0035 17 $ 13,055,368.58
VIC Victory Mines Ltd 0.0035 17 $ 13,248,964.47
VR8 Vanadium Resources 0.028 17 $ 8,982,658.51
ADN Andromeda Metals Ltd 0.185 16 $ 298,437,991.36
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Engineering firm Synertec (ASX:SOP) led small cap gains on some positive China news.

The stock doubled this morning after SOP provided a positive update on its oil waste recycling technology, as part of a trial program with Chinese company Sichuan Greentech.

“The trial results of the CDP pilot programs to data indicate that it is a potentially revolutionary and globally applicable solution to the significant environmental challenges presented by toxic drilling mud,” managing director Michael Carroll said.

LOSERS

Here are the worst performing ASX small cap stocks at 12pm Thursday November 5:

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Code Name Price % Change Market Cap
ECT Env Clean Tech Ltd. 0.001 -33 1811764
XTC Xantippe Res Ltd 0.002 -33 270000
CCE Carnegie Cln Energy 0.0015 -25 2250000
IEC Intra Energy Corp 0.009 -25 2450296
ZMI Zinc of Ireland NL 0.046 -18 765415
ENT Enterprise Metals 0.016 -16 488868
CMD Cassius Mining Ltd 0.012 -14 1000000
FGO Flamingo Ai Ltd 0.003 -14 610000
SOP Synertec Corporation 0.059 -13 10315383
DDT DataDot Technology 0.007 -13 500000
ATS Australis Oil & Gas 0.027 -10 2703182
SER Strategic Energy 0.054 -10 465231
MYQ Myfiziq Limited 0.85 -10 892721
EFE Eastern Iron 0.01 -9 136603
OVT Ovato Limited 0.01 -9 116000
TKM Trek Metals Ltd 0.07 -9 590217
HRL Hrlholding 0.1 -9 10000
MOH Moho Resources 0.1 -9 305769
PXS Pharmaxis Ltd 0.1 -9 10047727
ECT Env Clean Tech Ltd. 0.001 -33 1811764
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