What are today's top business/market headlines?
Today is Saturday, November 8, 2026, so U.S. markets are closed, but here's a wrap-up of the biggest business and market stories dominating headlines heading into the week:
Market Turmoil After Midterm Elections
The dominant story is the dramatic market whiplash following Tuesday's midterms. After the Dow Jones Industrial Average soared 1,500 points on Wednesday, the day after the U.S. midterm elections, it promptly erased all those gains on Thursday, plunging 1,800 points in the worst sell-off Wall Street had seen since April 2025. The Nasdaq Composite plunged into a correction, as artificial intelligence stocks bore the brunt of the selling — the single-day pillaging left the Magnificent Seven companies collectively poorer by $1 trillion, with Nvidia alone suddenly out a stunning $440 billion.
Markets partially stabilized Friday: the tech-heavy Nasdaq bounced 1.09% to close at 24,579.42, while the S&P 500 rose 0.31% to end at 7,376.86, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 237.33 points, or 0.46%.
Why the Sell-Off Happened
Worries of a potential slowdown in data center construction following big Democratic wins in the House and Senate and key state governorships hit U.S. markets hard on Thursday. The sell-off followed many Democrats winning races by campaigning against data centers, with some at both the national and state level calling for data center moratoriums.
President Trump weighed in bluntly, posting that "The Stock Market suffered one of the Worst Days in History based on the results of the Election."
Jobs Report Offered a Bright Spot
Friday's economic data showed underlying strength: Friday's booming jobs report followed Thursday's epic tech-driven sell-off, as the U.S. economy created 165,000 jobs in October, burying consensus of 65,000, while wages rose a stronger-than-expected 0.4% and unemployment ticked down to 4.1%.
Corporate News
What's Next This Week
Markets will be watching key data: October CPI data drops Tuesday, Nov. 10, followed by Producer Price Index data on Friday, Nov. 13, with earnings from Take-Two Interactive, Occidental Petroleum, KKR, and TransDigm Group also on the calendar.
Analysts remain divided on what comes next — investors wrapped up a topsy-turvy week, and while stocks recouped some losses on Friday, traders don't expect the bleeding is over just yet, especially in semiconductors.
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Source excerpt: “That's not all: The Nasdaq Composite plunged into a correction, as artificial intelligence stocks bore the brunt of the selling. The single-day pillag...”
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Source excerpt: “The tech-heavy Nasdaq bounced 1.09% to close at 24,579.42. The S&P 500 rose 0.31% to end at 7,376.86, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost ...”
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Source excerpt: “Worries of a potential slowdown in data center construction following big Democratic wins in the House and Senate and key state governorships hit U.S....”
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Source excerpt: “The post comes after many Democrats won races in the 2026 midterm elections on Tuesday by campaigning against data centers, the key facilities that ar...”
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Source excerpt: “... President Donald Trump said, "The Stock Market suffered one of the Worst Days in History based on the results of the Election," in a post on Truth...”
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