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The Dow rose 3.03% to 53,356.12, its best day since April 2025, as Democrats won both chambers of Congress, January Brent fell 8.66% to $94.63 and the 10-year yield eased to 4.89%; Europe rallied to its highest since August and Asia split.
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Nasdaq rose 0.83% and the S&P 500 0.36% on midterm day as chips rebounded, while the Dow fell 0.38% on a hot JOLTS report that lifted the 10-year yield to 4.95%; Europe fell across the board, Seoul and Taipei dropped 3.59%, and India's Nifty 50 rose 1.58% to 23,810.85.
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The S&P 500 fell 0.51% to 7,541.40 and the Nasdaq dropped 1.07% as WTI crude plunged 7.55% to $96.26 on U.S.–Iran diplomacy hopes, while the Dow rose 0.41% and India's Nifty 50 surged 1.68% to 23,440.80.
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The Nasdaq fell 2.86% to 25,437.00 and the S&P 500 lost 1.82% to 7,580.07 as Intel plunged 28.58% in its worst session since the 1970s, the 10-year Treasury yield eased to 4.93%, gold fell 3.63% to its lowest level in a year, and Bitcoin slid below $77,000 after a $6.3 billion hack at Binance.
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The Nasdaq fell 1.38% to 26,184.72 as Alphabet plunged 12.64% on its AI cash burn, but nine of eleven S&P sectors rose, the Russell 2000 gained 1.01%, the 10-year yield slipped back below 5% to 4.98% despite 3.4% GDP growth and core PCE inflation of 3.1%, and Europe rallied after the ECB held rates.
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The S&P 500 rose 0.28% to 7,743.98 as the Fed held rates at 3.75%–4.00% in a 10–2 vote, the 10-year yield climbed to 5.05%, the KOSPI surged 6.63% on SK Hynix, and Brent settled near $115 after a claimed refinery strike.
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The S&P 500 rose 0.60% to 7,722.60 and the Nasdaq gained 1.18% as semiconductors climbed 3% on the eve of the Fed decision, Europe advanced outside London, and a $63 billion Anthropic financing package showed how the AI build-out is now funded.
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The S&P 500 rose 0.7% to 7,676.77 and the Nasdaq gained 0.8% as Anthropic's IPO filing revived AI shares, Europe rose across the board, Brazil crashed after Lula's surprise win, and Brent crude fell back from Friday's spike.
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The Dow fell 1.23% to 52,215.16 as Brent jumped 3.14% to $116.72 and the 10-year Treasury yield returned to 5.00%; Europe posted its worst week since early September and Asia diverged.
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The Nasdaq fell 2.6% to 26,008.86, semiconductors dropped 6.7% and Brent settled at $113.17 as AI financing fears met a Middle East oil spike, while Treasury yields posted their biggest fall in over a year.
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