President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden face off in the first presidential debate Tuesday night, hosted by Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. For access to live and exclusive video from CNBC subscribe to CNBC PRO: https://cnb.cx/2NGeIvi

Market strategists say there was no clear winner, but Joe Biden held his own in the often raucous debate.

“The tone of the conversation was as expected, relatively hostile and largely devoid of content, and the reality is that it’s hard to have a strong takeaway that this debate was moving the needle towards either candidate,” said Jon Hill, fixed income strategist at BMO. “I haven’t picked up anything discreet or major that has come out. It appears to me Biden is largely holding his own. We have two candidates with very different views of the future, and that’s been the case.”

Marc Chandler, chief market strategist at Bannockburn Global Forex, said he thought the candidates likely scored with their own bases. “I think the dollar softened a little bit but it wasn’t much. Most people come away from it thinking it was an ugly experience. I don’t think it changed people’s minds really,” he said.

He said Trump hit issues on law and order, socialism and the idea Biden was a Trojan horse for the left. For Biden, he spoke directly to the people, and he had to defend himself from the far left, on law and order and the green new deal. During the debate, stock futures were higher but gave up gains after it ended, an inconclusive market move.

Separately, electionbettingodds.com has Biden rising 3.5% in last four hours and Trump down 2.9%.

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