On the first Tuesday of November, the main equity indexes were mixed as voters across the U.S. headed to polling stations for midterm elections. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite rose 0.8% to 25,372 and the broad-based S&P 500 was up 0.4% at 7,568, while the blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 0.4% to 51,786. Nvidia (NVDA, +2.3%) was among the top two Dow Jones stocks amid an AI boom, and the VanEck Semiconductor ETF (SMH, +2.0%) ended a three-session losing streak. Microsoft (MSFT, +2.7%) set the pace for Papa Dow, while Sherwin-Williams (SHW, -3.3%) was the index's biggest loser. Nvidia surged ahead of Apple (AAPL, -1.9%) in global market cap leadership standings. Palantir Technologies (PLTR, -1.7%) was lower after its third-quarter earnings report. Navellier noted market anticipation for results from Advanced Micro Devices (AMD, +3.7%) and Super Micro Computer (SMCI, +3.1%), which were reporting after the closing bell. The front-month West Texas Intermediate crude oil futures contract was up 0.1% to $96.56 per barrel, and Treasury yields were higher across the maturity spectrum.