With polling places across the U.S. starting to close, Wall Street and investors across the world are waiting for votes to be tallied. In the coming days, America will find out whether Kamala Harris or Donald Trump will be its 47th president — and which one will implement a policy agenda with big implications for markets and business.

The list, which is not exhaustive, includes the most pivotal counties in the seven battleground "swing" states that will determine the winner.

A growing number of Wall Street strategists are predicting that a decision in the US presidential election will set the stage for stocks to rally into the end of 2024, building on a 21% gain this year for the S&P 500 Index.

Wall Street is waiting for the outcome of the US election and will quickly shift gears to the Fed's next policy meeting on Wednesday.

Wall Street pointed toward gains early Tuesday as investors awaited the outcome of the U.S. presidential election and other potentially market-rattling events this week. Futures for the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average each rose 0.