
S&P 500 rose 2.35% for the day, VIX plunged 5.72 points
US stocks recovered almost the entire post-midterm Congress selloff: the S&P 500 posted its best day since April, while the Nasdaq gained 5% over two sessions.
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US stocks recovered almost the entire post-midterm Congress selloff: the S&P 500 posted its best day since April, while the Nasdaq gained 5% over two sessions.

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.

In the early hours of Friday, gold (XAU/USD) fell to $3,986 - below $4,000 for the first time since July. Before that, on Thursday, the metal lost 2.81% over the session. By midday the price had rebounded to $4,029, but gold is closing the week down more than 3%.