Traders look concerned while looking at computer screens on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.Image source, Bloomberg via Getty Images
ByRachel Clun, business reporter and Lily Jamali, North America Technology correspondent
  • Published5 November 2026, 16:44 GMT
Updated 2 hours ago

Shares in Elon Musk's SpaceX have plunged as tech and artificial intelligence stocks more broadly plummeted a day after the Democrats swept to victory in the midterms.

Those losses dragged the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite stock index down, which had fallen by more than 5% at one point in early trading.

The market has been reacting to possible tougher scrutiny of data centre construction and the artificial intelligence (AI) industry following Democrat wins in key data centre states including Texas.