The Dow rose 2.92% and the Nasdaq gained 1.91% by eleven forty-nine Eastern Time.
CAMS Midday Market Check.
Wednesday, November 4, 2026.
Good afternoon.
The Dow rose 2.92% and the Nasdaq gained 1.91% by eleven forty-nine Eastern Time.
Reuters said the gains followed Democrats winning both houses of Congress.
The S and P 500 gained 1.73% in the same snapshot.
Earlier, advancing stocks outnumbered decliners by more than three to one on both exchanges.
Consumer discretionary rose 4.39%, and communication services gained 3.99%.
Energy fell 5.52% as W T I crude dropped 6.25% to $90.08 a barrel.
CoreWeave fell 9.26%, and Core Scientific lost 10.78% as investors weighed tighter oversight of data-center growth.
First Solar gained 9.77%, and Enphase rose 10.49%.
A D P said private employers added 86,000 jobs in October.
I S M services registered 54.5 in October, while its prices index remained high at 73.
The 10-year Treasury yield was 4.894%, the V I X was 17.27, and gold futures were near $4,066.
E I A reported that commercial crude inventories fell by 0.9 million barrels last week.
Qualcomm and Arm report after today's close.
The afternoon test is whether broad gains can hold while data-center shares and energy remain under pressure.
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