Market News for November 5, 2026
Every story Market Flux published on November 5, 2026.
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Anthropic's $1.5 Trillion IPO Target Falters as AI Market Rout Triggers Valuation Pushback and Possible Delay
Anthropic's planned blockbuster IPO, which had been targeting a valuation of $1.5 trillion to $1.6 trillion, is facing serious headwinds after a sweeping global selloff in AI-related stocks…
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Devon Energy Beats Third-Quarter 2026 Profit Estimates as US Shale Output Holds Strong
Devon Energy Corp. topped Wall Street's third-quarter 2026 profit estimates when it reported results after the close of US markets on November 5. Analysts had been watching the Oklahoma…
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Krispy Kreme Stock Surges Up to 43% After Q3 Revenue and Earnings Beat, Full-Year Guidance Raised
Krispy Kreme reported third-quarter 2026 results that topped Wall Street estimates on both revenue and earnings, sending shares as high as 42.9% higher in a single session. The company…
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Unity Software Posts First GAAP Profit Since 2020 IPO as Q3 Revenue Surges 32% and Stock Jumps 23%
Unity Software delivered its strongest quarter on record in Q3 2026, reporting revenue of $622 million, up 32% year over year and well ahead of the $567 million analyst consensus. Diluted…
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Selkirk Copper and Talisker Resources File NI 43-101 PEA Reports for Yukon Copper and BC Gold Projects
Two Canadian junior miners filed independent Preliminary Economic Assessment technical reports on November 5, 2026, formalizing economic studies previously announced in September for…
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US Stocks Suffer Worst Single-Day Crash Since April 2025 as Democrat Midterm Sweep Triggers AI Selloff
US equities collapsed on November 5, 2026, the day after Democrats swept the midterm elections and took control of Congress, with investors rapidly reversing their post-election optimism on…
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Nvidia Approaches Apollo to Retrofit Brightspeed Telecom Buildings Into AI Data Centers Across 20 States
Nvidia is pursuing a plan to convert existing telephone company buildings into a network of small AI data centers, approaching Apollo Global Management to help finance and facilitate the…
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Canada Unveils 2026 Budget With C$45B Housing Plan, C$142B in New Spending and Wider Deficits
Canada released its 2026 federal budget on November 5, anchored by C$45 billion in housing affordability measures and a new C$25 billion Canada Growth Fund, while projecting higher…
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Democrats' Midterm Sweep Triggers Historic AI Stock Rout, Wiping $3 Trillion From US Markets
Democrats won control of both chambers of Congress in Tuesday's midterm elections, delivering a sweeping rebuke to the Trump administration and setting off one of the worst single-day…
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Airbnb Leads Wave of Q3 Earnings Beats With Revenue of $4.87B and New $12B Buyback
Airbnb delivered one of the strongest results in a busy after-hours earnings session, posting Q3 revenue of $4.87 billion against estimates of $4.75 billion, with EPS of $3.16 beating the…
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IREN Posts Q1 Revenue Beat as AI Cloud Sales Triple and $4B ARR Target Hits January 2027
IREN reported fiscal first-quarter revenue of $228 million, topping analyst expectations of $221 million, though the figure was down 5% year over year. The company posted a net loss of $263…
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US 30-Year Mortgage Rate Falls to 7.18% for Third Straight Week of Declines
The average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage in the United States fell to 7.18% in the week of November 5, down from 7.24% the prior week, according to Freddie Mac. It marks the third…
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White House Reviews SEC Proposal to Ease Rules for Crypto Broker-Dealers
The White House is reviewing a Securities and Exchange Commission proposal to overhaul how broker-dealers handle digital assets, marking a significant step toward lighter regulatory…
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Paraguay President Santiago Peña Resigns After Ueno Bank Collapse Freezes Millions of Accounts
Paraguayan President Santiago Peña stepped down Thursday as the collapse of Ueno Bank, a fast-growing digital lender, triggered a sweeping financial and political crisis. Peña announced his…
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QatarEnergy Seeks 3 to 6 Million Tons of Annual US LNG to Offset Persian Gulf Supply Risks
QatarEnergy is in talks to sign additional long-term contracts to buy liquefied natural gas from US companies, targeting purchases of 3 million to 6 million tons annually, according to…
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OpenAI Launches GPT-6 Cyber With Critical Cybersecurity Rating After Autonomous Linux Kernel Research
OpenAI has introduced GPT-6 Cyber, a specialized AI model built to discover software vulnerabilities, validate exploits and develop fixes. The launch comes with an upgraded internal…
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Unity Software Posts First GAAP Profit Since 2020 IPO on 32% Revenue Surge, Stock Jumps 20%+
Unity Software delivered its strongest quarter on record in Q3 2026, reporting its first GAAP-profitable period since going public in 2020. Revenue rose 32% year-over-year to $622 million…
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Putin Receives Message from Iran's Supreme Leader at Kremlin Meeting with Security Chief Rezaei
Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Iranian Supreme National Security Council Secretary Mohsen Rezaei at the Kremlin on November 5, 2026. The meeting followed a phone call between the…
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Qualcomm Sinks Up to 14% for Worst Day Since 2020 After Handset Revenue Crashes 26% and Profit Guidance Disappoints
Qualcomm shares fell as much as 14% on November 5, their steepest single-day drop since 2020, after the chipmaker's fiscal fourth-quarter earnings report revealed a 26% year-over-year…
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Multiple Oil Tankers Hit Mines and Catch Fire East of Strait of Hormuz as Iran Escalates Shipping Attacks
A series of tanker incidents struck the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, November 5, as Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claimed that multiple oil tankers had collided with naval mines…
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Catalyst One to Buy BC Rare Earth Property from LIRECA Resources for $870,000
Catalyst One Exploration Corp. (TSXV: CATX; OTC Pink: CTXCF) announced on November 5, 2026 that it has agreed to acquire a rare earth property in British Columbia from LIRECA Resources Inc…
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Samsung Wallet Goes Live With USDC on Solana for 82 Million US Galaxy Users
Samsung Wallet has launched a new Stablecoin Account feature for eligible U.S. Galaxy users, enabling them to buy, hold, send and receive Circle's USDC on the Solana blockchain directly…
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Chinese AI Lab Moonshot Sought Nvidia Blackwell GPU Access Through European Cloud Providers to Sidestep US Export Controls
Moonshot AI, the Chinese artificial intelligence company behind the Kimi chatbot, has held talks to rent clusters of Nvidia Blackwell GPUs housed in European data centers, an effort to…
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US Jobless Claims Drop to Lowest Since July as Productivity Surges and Labor Costs Fall
The US labor market showed unexpected strength in the week ending October 31, with initial jobless claims falling 6,000 to 189,000, the lowest level since July. The print came in well below…
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Apple Launches Seven-Part Investment-Grade US Dollar Bond Offering
Apple kicked off a seven-tranche, investment-grade US dollar bond sale on November 5, 2026, marking one of the company's largest debt market appearances in recent memory. The offering spans…
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Wendy's Board Rejects Trian's $1.4 Billion Take-Private Bid at $7.35 Per Share
Wendy's board of directors rejected a $1.4 billion takeover offer from a consortium led by Nelson Peltz's Trian Fund Management, saying the proposal substantially undervalues the burger…
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Earnings Avalanche Delivers Unity's First GAAP Profit Since IPO and DraftKings Plunge While ConocoPhillips Raises Dividend 11%
November 5, 2026 brought one of the heaviest single-day earnings floods of the season, with dozens of companies reporting results that swung sharply in both directions. The standout on the…
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Kimberly-Clark Q3 2026 Net Sales Top Estimates but Operating Profit Misses as China Headwinds Weigh
Kimberly-Clark posted third-quarter 2026 net sales of $4.13 billion, edging past the $4.11 billion consensus estimate, while adjusted EPS of $1.70 beat expectations by $0.09, rising 17.2…
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Bombardier Raises 2026 Free Cash Flow Forecast Above $1.3B on Record Aftermarket Sales
Bombardier lifted its 2026 free cash flow guidance to more than $1.3 billion after reporting third-quarter revenue of $2.4 billion, a 3% increase from a year earlier, driven by record…
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UK PM Andy Burnham Rules Out Inviting Putin to Manchester G20 Summit
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham said on November 5 that Russian President Vladimir Putin will not be invited to next year's G20 summit, which the United Kingdom is set to host in…
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AngloGold Ashanti Posts $722M Q3 Free Cash Flow as Shares Rise Despite Earnings Miss
AngloGold Ashanti reported third-quarter 2026 results on November 5, delivering $722 million in free cash flow for the period ended September 30, 2026. The figure reflects what the company…
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Bank of England Raises Rates to 4% for First Time Since 2023, Warns Inflation Will Near 5%
The Bank of England raised its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to 4.00% on Thursday, its first increase since August 2023, as the Iran war-driven energy shock pushed inflation…
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Metal Energy to Drill Two Open Copper Zones at Highland Valley Adjacent to Canada's Largest Copper Mine
Metal Energy Corp. (TSXV: MERG, OTCQB: MEEEF) announced on November 5, 2026, that it is launching a drill program targeting two open copper zones at its Highland Valley Copper Project in…
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Binance Revokes All SignalPlus-Linked API Keys After Potential Security Breach
Binance moved to revoke all API keys connected to trading analytics platform SignalPlus on November 5 following the discovery of a potential security issue, while confirming that its own…
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Andina Copper Hits 76m at 1.00% Cu Near Surface at Colombian Porphyry Discovery
Andina Copper Corporation has confirmed high-grade, near-surface copper mineralization at its Cobrasco porphyry copper-molybdenum discovery in Chocó, Colombia. Drillhole CDH014, drilled…
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Qualcomm and Arm Earnings Drag Semiconductor Stocks Lower as Smartphone Weakness Weighs
Shares of Qualcomm and Arm Holdings slid on November 5 after both chipmakers reported quarterly results the previous evening that disappointed investors on the margins most watched by Wall…
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Toyota Posts Biggest Single-Day Stock Gain Since 1987 After Profit Surges and Shareholder Return Plan Unveiled
Toyota Motor posted a 34% rise in second-quarter operating profit, its first profit increase in six quarters, and lifted its full-year earnings forecast, sending its Tokyo-listed shares up…
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US Job Cuts Fell 71% Year-on-Year in October as Hiring Plans Hit 17-Year High
US employers announced 43,994 layoffs in October 2026, up just 2% from September's 43,281 but down 71.3% from the same month a year earlier, according to Challenger, Gray and Christmas data…
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Nasdaq Plunges 5.5% Into Correction as Democratic Midterm Sweep Triggers Historic AI Trade Selloff
The Nasdaq Composite closed down 5.5% on November 5, its worst single-day drop in 19 months, as investors fled technology and artificial intelligence stocks on fears that Democrats' sweep…
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XRP Ledger Activates fixCleanup3_4_0 to Shut Token-Minting Loophole After Two-Month Effort
The XRP Ledger activated the fixCleanup3_4_0 amendment on November 4 at 14:52 UTC, at ledger 108,112,129, closing a permission flaw that could have allowed accounts holding only PaymentBurn…
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Aer Lingus Dublin to Rome flight diverted to French air force base after bomb alert
An Aer Lingus Airbus A320 operating flight EI402 from Dublin to Rome was diverted to Evreux Fauville Air Base in Normandy, France, on Thursday after a bomb alert, the office of French Prime…
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Bitcoin Erases Post-Midterm Rally to Hit 45-Day Low as Tech Selloff Triggers $838M in Liquidations
Bitcoin surged above $81,000 on November 5 as Democrats swept both chambers of Congress in the US midterms, only to reverse sharply and crash below $76,000 by the end of the session…
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South Korea Delays 22% Crypto Gains Tax to 2029 in Fourth Postponement Since 2020
South Korea has proposed pushing its 22% cryptocurrency gains tax back to 2029, delaying it from the previously scheduled January 2027 start date. The move marks the fourth postponement of…
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Sweden Inflation Misses Sharply in October, Weakening Case for Riksbank Rate Hike
Sweden's inflation cooled far more than expected in October, with the headline CPI rising 0.9% year on year against a consensus forecast of 1.2% and a prior reading of 1.1%. On a monthly…
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Sony Q2 Operating Profit Jumps 45% as Spider-Man and PlayStation Drive Beats Across the Board
Sony Group reported a 45% rise in second-quarter operating profit, well ahead of analyst expectations, powered by blockbuster performance at Sony Pictures Entertainment and strong…
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Toyota Q2 Operating Profit Jumps 34% as Automaker Raises Full-Year Forecast and Expands Buyback
Toyota Motor reported a 34% rise in second-quarter operating profit, its first profit increase in six quarters, beating analyst estimates and prompting the Japanese automaker to lift its…
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Microsoft Rejects Multibillion-Dollar AI Partnership Deal With UK's Nscale
Microsoft has turned down a major multibillion-dollar artificial intelligence partnership deal with Nscale, the British AI infrastructure company, according to a Financial Times report. The…
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Trump Media Moves 4,259 BTC Worth $344 Million to Crypto.com as Stock Falls to All-Time Low
Trump Media and Technology Group transferred approximately 4,259 bitcoin, valued at roughly $342 million to $344 million, to the exchange Crypto.com on November 5, according to blockchain…
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US Midterm Blue Wave Reshapes Asian Markets While NextDC Surges 43% on Stake Deal and Duolingo Beats Estimates
The Democratic Party's decisive sweep of the US House and Senate in the November 4 midterm elections sent shockwaves through Asian markets on Thursday, triggering a sharp rotation trade…
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Joshua Wong Sentenced to 10 Years in Hong Kong on Second National Security Conviction
A Hong Kong court has sentenced pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong, 30, to 10 years in prison on a charge of conspiracy to collude with foreign entities under the city's national security…
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Wesdome Gold Mines Reports Q3 2026 Results and Reaffirms Full-Year Production Guidance While Declaring Quarterly Dividend
Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd. released its third-quarter 2026 financial results after market close on November 4, 2026, reaffirming its full-year consolidated production guidance of 180,000 to…
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Dow Surges 1,569 Points and S&P 500 Gains 1.58% as Democrats Sweep Both Chambers of Congress in 2026 Midterms
U.S. stocks posted their biggest post-midterm rally in decades on November 4, 2026, after Democrats swept control of both the House and Senate in a landslide repudiation of President…
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Australia September Trade Surplus Surges to A$2.83 Billion, Nearly Tripling Forecasts
Australia posted a September trade surplus of A$2,826 million, vastly exceeding the consensus estimate of around A$1,000 million and dwarfing the prior month's revised A$495 million…
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Bank of Japan September Minutes Back Further Rate Hikes as Bank of England Prepares First Increase in Three Years
Minutes from the Bank of Japan's September meeting, released on November 5, 2026, confirmed that board members agreed it was appropriate to continue raising the policy interest rate and to…