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Midterm Election Results Lift Alcohol Stocks as Tech Shares Slide

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Investors moved money in opposite directions after the midterm election landslide. Bloomberg reports that alcohol stocks jumped as investors bet that a new Congress will push back on the Trump administration's immigration and trade policies, which had dented booze businesses. The Financial Times reports that global stocks tumbled as the Democratic midterm sweep sparked an AI rout, with investors fearing newly elected US politicians will seek to slow data centre development, a blow to tech stocks and the AI boom.

Later: Newly elected officials pledge to curb data centre construction, rattling the AI trade behind US stock markets · Nasdaq slides as investors fear a Democratic ‘blue wave’ will slow the AI boom · Almost every sector of Australian shares falls after US tech sell-off · Global stocks tumble as AI fears deepen after Democrats’ midterm success · Global stock selloff becomes worst rout in years as investors worry about AI buildout under new Congress · AI stocks sell off after US midterm election results · Global AI Stocks React to Democratic Midterm Sweep as Data Center Buildout Faces Slowdown · Wall Street suffers worst day since pandemic as midterm sweep fuels AI sell-off

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  1. Bloomberg

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    Bloomberg reports that investors are betting alcohol companies are among the winners of the midterm election landslide, on the view that a new Congress will push back on Trump administration immigration and trade policies that dented booze businesses.

  2. Financial Times

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    The Financial Times reports that global stocks tumbled as the Democratic midterm sweep sparked an AI rout, with investors fearing newly elected US politicians will seek to slow data centre development, a blow to tech stocks and the AI boom.

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