The race is getting more heated as Republicans try to tie the Democrat, to extremism and he rejects the attacks as religious bigotry.

European benchmark gas falls 0.5% to 86.94 euros a megawatt-hour. --Copper futures are down 0.7% at $14,350 a metric ton. --Gold futures are up 0.2% at $4,150.20 a troy ounce. The British government ...