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The euro gained more than 0.6% against the dollar on Wednesday and approached four-week highs. Two reasons came together at once: price growth in the eurozone accelerated to a three-year peak, and the Democrats won the US midterm congressional elections.
In the US midterm elections, Democrats won both the Senate and the House of Representatives. US index futures fell overnight but by the European session on November 4 had bought back the dip and turned positive.
Today ADP Research Institute publishes its report on private sector employment in the US for October. The consensus is +69 thousand jobs after +90 thousand in September. This is the first labor market figure this week, followed by NFP on Friday.
As of 12:31 Moscow time on November 4, silver (XAG/USD) is trading at $52.01 per troy ounce versus $49.67 at Tuesday's close. That is +4.71% in one session, according to FXStreet.
In the midterm elections on November 3, 2026, the Democrats gain control of the House of Representatives and the Senate. The key crypto market structure bill - the CLARITY Act - loses its chances of being passed in its previous form.
The Eurozone consumer price report is due on November 4 - forecast at 4.0% year-on-year versus 3.8% a month earlier. The US session adds ADP employment data and the ISM services business activity index, while in the US Democrats have taken both the House and the Senate.
In the midterm elections on November 3, Democrats won a majority in the Senate - 54 seats according to Associated Press counts, with 51 needed for control. Republicans, who entered the elections holding both chambers of Congress, are losing the Senate and risk losing the House of Representatives.
AMD (the second-largest maker of processors and accelerators for artificial intelligence after Nvidia) reported better-than-expected third-quarter results and ended the additional session on November 3 at $508.20, up 5% from the main close. Data center revenue nearly doubled and for the first time accounted for 64% of all sales versus 47% a year earlier.
At night, while votes were being counted in the US congressional elections, BTC dropped below $76,000 with a low of $75,700. By 09:16 Moscow time on November 4, it was trading around $77,918 (+1.6% over the day) — the entire dip was bought back within a few hours.
XAG/USD falls for the second day in a row and trades around $49.20 per troy ounce on Wednesday morning. On November 3, the metal dropped to $48.62 - a yearly low, while gold holds near $3,930.
On the morning of November 4, gold traded around $3,930 per ounce, recovering from a drop to lows last seen in September 2025. The reason is the collapse of the dollar after the first results of the midterm congressional elections held on November 3.
On the morning of November 4, the Japanese market moved lower across the entire technology sector. Reuters links the sell-off to fears that a Democratic victory in the US elections will lead to tighter regulation of artificial intelligence.
On the morning of November 4, futures on the American S&P 500 index turned negative: the market is pricing in the outcome of the US vote. The move began even before the main exchange session opened.
Overnight into November 4, BTC lost more than $2,000 in a few hours and fell to $75,700. The trigger was the first results of the US midterm congressional elections, which indicated a Democratic advantage in both chambers.
Iranian state television IRIB said on November 3 at 18:15 Moscow time that there had been no new progress in negotiations with the US, and that all reports of an almost-ready deal did not correspond to reality. Oil, which had previously lost about 4% on hopes of a settlement, returned almost to zero by the evening.
US Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (funds through which the asset is bought like an ordinary stock on an exchange) are losing money for the second day in a row, and nearly five billion dollars have left Binance since it resumed operations. BTC, meanwhile, is holding around $76,900.
On November 2, staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published a clarification: distributing voting rights to thousands of holders does not in itself turn a token into a security. This concerns assets such as Uniswap (UNI) - the largest decentralized exchange on Ethereum.
On US congressional voting day, US index futures diverged: Dow Jones -0.5%, S&P 500 -0.15%, Nasdaq 100 flat. The market holds positions ahead of the first vote count results.
On the morning of November 3, BTC fell below $77,000, while Asian exchanges opened down 3-4% due to chipmaker stocks. Over two sessions, $1.04 billion was withdrawn from US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (funds through which the asset is bought like a stock).
On Monday, Brent (the benchmark crude oil grade used to price oil in Europe and Asia) plunged 7.63% to $104.77 per barrel on signals of US-Iran talks. On Tuesday, quotes recovered about 1.1% after a report of a US strike on an Iranian island in the Strait of Hormuz.
Money flowed out of the tech sector after Oracle filed documents to raise $20 billion for artificial intelligence projects. Nasdaq 100 erased its intraday gain and turned negative, hitting -10% from its October peak, while the old industrial Dow Jones closed in the green.
On Tuesday morning BTC lost about 2% and is trading just below $77,000, erasing Monday's rebound. The trigger was a sell-off in the US tech sector: the Nasdaq 100 index dropped 10% from its recent high, meaning it entered a correction.
On November 2, US stocks rebounded sharply after recent sell-offs. There are two reasons: anticipation of a peace deal on Iran and public statements by the White House's chief economic adviser that there is no crisis in the artificial intelligence sector.
On Tuesday, November 3, the US holds midterm elections - the re-election of Congress in the middle of the presidential term. Democrats need to win back just three seats in the House of Representatives to take it over and stall Donald Trump's agenda in the final two years of his term.
