Nasdaq jumps 1.44% on a divided Washington
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What the chart shows
Democrats won the House and are projected to control the Senate, President Trump said he would accept the result, and the Nasdaq Composite rose 1.44% on Wednesday. Deutsche Bank's analysts put the rally down to gridlock: a Congress and a president from different parties put a brake on extreme policy.
Laid out beside every trading day since the start of September, the move is a good day rather than a record one. The index fell in each of the three sessions that straddled the turn of the month, by as much as 2.86% on the last Friday of October, and Wednesday's rise was the larger of the two that followed.
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The Nasdaq Composite's change on each trading day from 1 September to 4 November 2026, in percent; the last column is the day after the US midterm elections.
| Nasdaq Composite, change on the day (%) | Dot | |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | −1.03% | |
| Sep 2 | +0.45% | |
| Sep 3 | +1.40% | |
| Sep 4 | −0.29% | |
| Sep 8 | −0.32% | |
| Sep 9 | −0.64% | |
| Sep 10 | −0.65% | |
| Sep 11 | +0.96% | |
| Sep 14 | −0.56% | |
| Sep 15 | −0.78% | |
| Sep 16 | −0.01% | |
| Sep 17 | +1.69% | |
| Sep 18 | +0.39% | |
| Sep 21 | +2.26% | |
| Sep 22 | +0.45% | |
| Sep 23 | −1.13% | |
| Sep 24 | +0.01% | |
| Sep 25 | +0.48% | |
| Sep 28 | −0.92% | |
| Sep 29 | −0.09% | |
| Sep 30 | +0.24% | |
| Oct 1 | +0.04% | |
| Oct 2 | +1.19% | |
| Oct 5 | +1.05% | |
| Oct 6 | +0.45% | |
| Oct 7 | −0.22% | |
| Oct 8 | −1.25% | |
| Oct 9 | +0.64% | |
| Oct 12 | −0.44% | |
| Oct 13 | −0.15% | |
| Oct 14 | −1.88% | |
| Oct 15 | +0.08% | |
| Oct 16 | −2.15% | |
| Oct 19 | +1.11% | |
| Oct 20 | −0.02% | |
| Oct 21 | +1.05% | |
| Oct 22 | −2.60% | |
| Oct 23 | −0.21% | |
| Oct 26 | +0.82% | |
| Oct 27 | +1.18% | |
| Oct 28 | +0.27% | |
| Oct 29 | −1.38% | |
| Oct 30 | −2.86% | |
| Nov 2 | −1.07% | |
| Nov 3 | +0.83% | |
| Nov 4 | +1.44% |
46 rows: scroll the table for the rest.
How we make these charts: one chart a day from a story in the edition, drawn from the figures the story names and checked against the sources named on the chart before it is published. General information only, not financial advice.
