American stock markets rose a little following the Democrats’ landslide(压倒性胜利) victory in the midterms(中期选举). The S&P 500, an index of big American companies, rose by 1.6% the day after the vote, while the tech-heavy NASDAQ rose by nearly 1.5%. Health-care and renewable-energy stocks rallied(反弹、回升). Bond yields fell slightly and the dollar weakened.
民主党在中期选举中大获全胜后，美国股市小幅上涨。衡量美国大型企业的标普500指数在投票次日上涨1.6%，以科技股为主的纳斯达克指数上涨近1.5%。医疗保健和可再生能源类股票走高。债券收益率小幅下跌，美元走弱。
Some artificial-intelligence stocks fell amid worries that local Democratic lawmakers could curtail(限制、缩减) the construction of data centres. Share prices of Nvidia, the world’s most valuable chipmaker, fell by more than 3%. Those of CoreWeave, a data-centre operator, fell by around 10%. Companies owned by Elon Musk, a big Republican Party donor(捐赠者、金主), took a beating(遭受重创). Shares in SpaceX, his rocketry-cum-AI(火箭兼人工智能) firm, fell by nearly 4%.
一些人工智能类股票下跌，因市场担心民主党地方议员可能限制数据中心的建设。全球市值最高的芯片制造商英伟达股价下跌超过3%。数据中心运营商CoreWeave股价下跌约10%。共和党大金主埃隆·马斯克旗下公司遭受重创。他的火箭兼人工智能公司SpaceX股价下跌近4%。
Brent crude, the global oil-price benchmark(基准), fell by 8% to around $95 a barrel—its lowest level since September. Prices had risen in recent weeks over fears that Donald Trump might resume the war with Iran, causing fresh disruption to oil supplies from the Gulf.(此前数周，由于担心特朗普可能重启与伊朗的战争、导致海湾石油供应再度中断，油价曾持续上涨。) But after the Republicans’ poor showing(表现不佳) in the midterms, traders are betting that the president may be reluctant(不情愿的) to restart the unpopular war.
全球油价基准布伦特原油下跌8%，至每桶约95美元，为9月以来最低水平。此前数周，由于担心唐纳德·特朗普可能重启与伊朗的战争、导致海湾石油供应再度中断，油价曾持续上涨。但共和党在中期选举中表现不佳后，交易员押注总统可能不愿重启这场不得人心的战争。
