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Nasdaq 100 funds such as QQQ fall into correction as markets price a 73% chance of a December Fed rate hike with the 10-year Treasury yield near 4.9%.

Bloom Energy (BE) rose as Barclays set a $289 target, 47% above Monday's $196.25 close, on faster demand

Fabrinet (FN) shares jumped about 11% after hours as fiscal Q2 revenue guidance of $1.6-$1.65 billion topped Street estimates on surging AI data center demand.

Nvidia shares slipped 1.3% to about $202 after Melius Research cut its target to $315 from $420, adding to doubts over AI stocks before Nov. 17 earnings.

Fox Corp (FOXA) beat profit forecasts as revenue rose 22%, but shares closed 0.8% lower on Monday.

France's 10-year bond yield hit 5.14%, its highest since 2002, as Japanese investors trim French debt, adding to global sovereign debt worries and rate fears.

Marriott (MAR) raised its 2026 outlook as US and Canada room revenue per available room rose 7.4% in Q3.

Eli Lilly's market value sits above $1 trillion on Zepbound and Mounjaro sales and a raised outlook, as Novo Nordisk reports Wednesday under obesity price pressure.

Taiwan's Taiex (^TWII) lost 1,613 points to 43,307, its seventh-biggest point drop on record, on AI worries.

Pfizer (PFE) reports Q3 2026 results today with shares near a 52-week high as investors weigh newer-product growth, oncology gains and a looming patent cliff.

Nasdaq 100 (NDX) ended at 27,989.82, its third correction of 2026, as Big Tech earnings stoked AI doubts

IDEXX Laboratories (IDXX) stock jumped about 22% after third-quarter earnings of $4.01 a share topped estimates and the company raised its 2026 outlook.

Brent crude (BZ=F) won back part of Monday's 7% drop as Iran's Guard fired on a US aircraft near Hormuz.

AMD (AMD) reports Q3 2026 results after the close Nov. 3 with $1.94 EPS and $13.1B revenue expected, as a chip rout puts its guidance under scrutiny.

Samsung (005930.KS) fell 4.2% and SK Hynix (000660.KS) 5% as Oracle's $20B raise fed AI-spending doubts

CrowdStrike (CRWD) rose 3.4% premarket on a Deutsche Bank upgrade to buy and Palo Alto gained 2%, but both reversed as the Nasdaq slid on Monday, Nov. 2.

Okta (OKTA) joins the S&P 500 before Wednesday's open, replacing Kenvue, which Kimberly-Clark is buying for about $40B; shares rose 2.7% in premarket trading.

Bitcoin slipped about 1.5% to roughly $77,000 as spot ETF outflows and a record Binance hack pushed the crypto Fear & Greed Index to 37, in Fear territory.

Amazon (AMZN) briefly gained 5% as Phillip Securities lifted its price target to $330 on cloud strength

Alphabet fell 12.6% in its worst session since the 2004 IPO after missing Q3 2026 estimates, sharpening investor doubts about the payoff from AI spending.

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) split 6–3 on its fifth 2026 hike as yearly inflation hit 4.3%.

Stock market today: Wall Street holds its breath on midterm results as prediction markets favor a Democratic sweep and Friday's October jobs report looms.

Brent settled at $104.77 as Exxon (XOM) fell 4% and Kosmos Energy (KOS) 13% on hopes Qatar talks end the war

Intel fell another 8.8% on Monday after its worst day since 1974, and the Nasdaq-100 slipped into a correction as the chip selloff reached $3.7 trillion.