News desk · Evening edition · Tuesday, November 3, 2026
Breadth narrowed, with only 13% of tracked indices above their 50-day average.
Over their last 20 readings, VIX rose 38.26%, FTSE 100 rose 1.72% and Shanghai Composite fell 5.02%.
Drawn from the numbers stored with this edition; the same picture is on its share card.
Over the 126 sessions to November 2, VIX led at +23.36% and Nasdaq Composite lagged at -0.64%; 2 of 3 rose.
The picture on the morning edition's share card, drawn from the numbers stored with that edition, written Nov 3, 2026, 9:36 AM EST. The evening edition above replaced it as this day's latest edition.
- Shopify shares fell 9% after third-quarter revenue and merchandise volume missed estimates, despite an adjusted earnings beat.
- Meta is seeking to raise $20 billion to $25 billion in a bond sale for AI spending.
- Disney plans several thousand layoffs, with some managers asked to cut costs by up to 20%.
- Consumer Staples fell 2.07% and Materials fell 2.01%, the two weakest sectors today.
- Communication Services rose 1.18% and Technology rose 1.31%, the day's two best sectors.
- Brookfield plans a $27 billion AI data center at a UK power station.
- Binance said hackers stole $6.34 billion in crypto using fake job interviews and an AI tool, and it has replenished 98%.
- US job openings rose to 7.52 million in September, above the 7.15 million consensus, and the 10-year yield rose to 4.95.
The VIX eased to 20.85 but remains well above early October's readings near 15.
The FTSE 100 fell 1.14% to 10,638.43, its largest one-day drop in this window.
Shanghai rebounded 1.08% on 2 November, recovering part of the slide to 3,599 on 30 October.