Daily report
Wednesday 4 November 2026
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Published 07:46 CET
Wednesday turns on the Democrats' midterm wins: stock futures fell and Treasuries rallied overnight, with ISM services and Arm and Qualcomm later today.
Market snapshot
Calendar
- 4 NovMcDonald's Corporation earningsEPS $3.36 · EPS $3.22 a year ago
- 4 NovNovo Nordisk A/S earningsEPS $0.81 · EPS $1.02 a year ago
- 4 NovUber Technologies, Inc. earningsEPS $0.94 · EPS $3.11 a year ago
- 4 NovCVS Health Corporation earningsEPS $1.62 · EPS $1.60 a year ago
- 4 NovCircle Internet Group, Inc. earningsEPS $0.40 · EPS $0.64 a year ago
- 4 NovISM Services PMI54.8 · 54.9
- 4 NovArm Holdings plc earningsEPS $0.22 · EPS $0.15 a year ago
- 4 NovQUALCOMM Incorporated earningsEPS $1.46 · EPS $2.56 a year ago
- 4 NovMcKesson Corporation earningsEPS $10.69 · EPS $9.86 a year ago
- 5 NovBank of England rate decision
- 6 NovUS payrolls for October
Today’s stories
Open a story for context and sourcesregulationCrypto braces for a Democratic Congress after the voteDemocrats surge toward Senate and House majorities, per CoinDesk, and Sherrod Brown's Ohio win deals a blow to crypto PAC Fairshake, per The Block
What happened
Polymarket priced a Democratic sweep of both chambers at 100%, per Wu Blockchain, which puts US crypto market-structure bills in question. Bitcoin is at 77905, up 1.65% over 24 h.
What it means today
The Senate count runs through European hours and reaches the crypto perps first; the 15:30 CET US open restarts spot bitcoin ETF and crypto-stock trading. A US policy reset reaches the crypto perps and crypto stocks such as $CRCL, which reports before today's open, and Hyperliquid's perps trade it at every hour.
Running story: The US midterms · since 2 Nov