Oil declined as Republican Donald Trump was elected the 45th U.S. president, prevailing over Democrat Hillary Clinton in a victory that threw global markets into turmoil. Futures fell as much as 4.3 percent in New York to the lowest since September while U.S. stock index futures and Asian equities slid with the Mexican peso, as investors flee riskier assets to switch into havens such as Treasuries and gold. Crude pared most of its losses as Trump, 70, promised to try to unite America’s divided political factions. Trump’s win is unhinging markets that had banked on a continuation of economic and trade policies under a Democrat president. Most polls had shown Clinton ahead of Trump going into the vote and websites that took bets on the victor had put her odds of winning at 80 percent or more. Oil may fall as much as $2 with a Trump victory, Citigroup […]