Daily Wrap
Published after every US market close · Markets, news, rates and FX on one pageSubscribe2026-11-02
Tech slides as oil drops 7% on Iran peace signals
Market & SentimentA split tape: the Dow rose 0.43% while the Nasdaq 100 fell 1.36% and the S&P 500 slipped 0.48%, with the Russell 2000 roughly flat. Breadth stayed positive at 346 advancers to 159 decliners and 65.9% of stocks above their 50-day average, so the weakness was concentrated in tech rather than broad. Energy's slide on falling crude did the heavy lifting on the value side.
Sectors & StocksEnergy fell 3.99% and information technology 2.74% as oil dropped about 7% on Iran peace signals. Consumer discretionary (+2.21%), staples (+1.91%) and financials (+1.72%) led. Lumentum sank 18.59% and Marvell 12.72% on their combination terms; Intel lost 8.8% and Oracle 8.76% on its $20 billion raise. Howmet gained 6.91%, DoorDash 6.19% and Sherwin-Williams 5.94%.
Rates, FX & CryptoTreasury yields eased across the curve, with the 5-year down 7bp to 4.71% and the 2-year 5bp lower at 4.56%, leaving 2s10s at 38bp. The dollar softened ahead of the midterms: EUR/USD rose 0.39% and USD/CNY slipped 0.07%. Bitcoin fell 1.34% to about $76,676 and ether 0.38%, steadying after a reported crypto theft.
Earnings & AnnouncementsEstée Lauder grew sales 7% and raised its full-year outlook; Marriott beat with $3.04 EPS; Fox posted record ad revenue and 22% growth; Entergy beat by 14.7%. FinDog moved Amazon, Estée Lauder, Entergy, ExxonMobil, Williams and Stryker to Bullish, and cut LyondellBasell and PSEG to Neutral. Kimberly-Clark closed its Kenvue acquisition, and Oracle filed to sell $20 billion in stock and bonds for AI.
- AMD, Amgen, Arista and Booking earnings after the bell
- US midterm election results and sector implications
- Oil's reaction to Iran peace-talk signals
- Apple and Palantir earnings and options positioning
- Crude's slide on hopes for Iran talks lifted index futures and eased inflation pressure, while weighing on energy shares.
- Oracle filed to sell $10 billion of stock and $10 billion of notes to fund its AI buildout, using its full multi-year raise cap and pressuring shares and bonds.
- Marvell's proposed combination with Lumentum would leave current holders about 67% of the enlarged company, and both stocks fell sharply on the terms.
- The filing combines new shares and debt, underscoring how much capital AI infrastructure demands and adding supply to equity and credit markets.
- Kimberly-Clark completed its purchase of the Tylenol maker and now has a plan to improve growth and earnings, reshaping the consumer staples landscape.
- AbbVie sales rose 10.3% to $17.4 billion with EPS 1.3% above consensus, showing its immunology and neuroscience franchises offsetting patent transitions.
- Kioxia's soft December-quarter forecast dragged memory stocks lower, raising questions about whether the AI memory cycle is cooling.
- Reuters reports a gloomy economic mood among US voters before Election Day, a backdrop that could shape policy expectations and sector rotation.Reuters11-02 11:40 UTC
- The dollar declined before the midterm vote while oil's drop weighed on the currency, and bitcoin steadied after a crypto theft.Reuters11-02 00:57 UTC
- Sunbury, Ohio voters weigh a measure that could block Amazon's $2 billion data center, one of 41 AI infrastructure measures on ballots.
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