US stocks open higher as midterm elections show a "blue wave"

BlockBeats news, November 4th, US stocks opened with the Dow up 1.9%, the S&P 500 index up 1.1%, and the Nasdaq up 1.07%.

Democrats performed better than expected in the US midterm elections, with clean energy and healthcare concept stocks strengthening: FTC Solar (FTCI.O) rose 40%, First Solar (FSLR) rose 13%, Gilead Sciences (GILD.O) rose 2%, and Moderna (MRNA.O) rose 3%.

Stocks related to Musk and Trump weakened: Trump Media & Technology Group (DJT.O) fell 9.8%, SpaceX (SPCX.O) fell 5%, and Tesla (TSLA.O) fell 4%.

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