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Dow futures jump 600 points as Trump takes Electoral College lead: Live updates


U.S. Flags on the front of the New York Stock Exchange hang behind the street signs making the corner of Wall and Broad Streets in the center of the financial district on October 24, 2024 in New York City. 

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Stock futures rose sharply in overnight trading as investors started to speculate that former President Donald Trump may have an edge in the presidential race.

Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 640 points, or about 1.5%. S&P 500 futures gained 1.4% and Nasdaq 100 futures rose 1.4%.

Bitcoin jumped to a record high, and the U.S. dollar — which was expected by Wall Street to rise in the event of a Trump win — was rallying against other global currencies. Futures for the small cap benchmark Russell 2000, also a projected Trump beneficiary, jumped 2.5%.

Shares of Trump Media & Technology Group, a social media company closely tied to the candidate, surged 40% in overnight trading on the Robinhood brokerage platform.

The 10-year Treasury yield surged to around 4.43% on speculation Trump’s proposed tax cuts and other spending plans would increase the fiscal deficit, while possible tariffs could reignite inflation.

Americans cast their votes across the country in the tight race between Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris. By shortly after 12:30 a.m. ET, NBC News had projected that Trump had won 246 electoral college votes, including the battleground states of North Carolina and Georgia. Pennsylvania and Wisconsin are still too close to call. He needs 270 electoral college votes to win. Follow CNBC’s 2024 election live blog here.

NBC News also projected that Republicans would retake the Senate, but control of the House of Representatives remains undecided.

Goldman Sachs predicts that a Trump win and Republican sweep of Congress would spark a 3% pop in the S&P 500. Even a Trump win and a divided Congress would cause about a 1.5% gain, the bank predicts. On the other hand, a Harris win with a divided Congress would cause a 1.5% drop in the S&P 500, the bank told its clients.

“I very much ascribe to that view that a Trump victory would be very good for stocks,” Jason Trennert, chairman at Strategas, said Tuesday on CNBC’s “Power Lunch.” “And I think a Harris victory would not be particularly good for risk assets.”

Trump’s agenda of tax cuts could give Corporate America a tangible boost, but steep tariffs and a potential global trade war under his presidency could cause more uncertainty and a resurgence of inflation. In a Harris administration, the risk of tighter regulations could bring more scrutiny to industries such as banks and health care, while Democrats’ support for clean energy could lift electric vehicle companies and solar firms.

Investors are also closely watching if the partisan makeup of the houses of Congress remains divided. A Republican or Democratic sweep could lead to more drastic spending changes or a big revamp of tax policy.

The stock market staged a broad rally Tuesday before the election results were in with the S&P 500 gaining 1.2%, bringing the benchmark’s 2024 gains to more than 21%.



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