The closing numbers: Wall Street ended Thursday, November 12, modestly lower. The S&P 500 fell 26.98 points, or 0.35%, to 7,592.40. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 189.40 points, or 0.36%, to 52,297.09, and the Nasdaq Composite slipped 100.10 points, or 0.39%, to 25,366.09. Small caps fared worse, with the Russell 2000 down 1.66% to 2,799.06. Stocks had recovered from steep early losses by midday before giving back gains as bond yields rose.
Main driver – Nvidia leadership shock and rising yields: Nvidia co-founder Jensen Huang resigned as CEO on Thursday morning following media reports about his personal conduct, putting fresh uncertainty over the AI trade that has powered much of this year's rally. At the same time, Treasurys sold off after President Trump signaled no immediate end to the conflict with Iran, pushing the 10-year yield above 5.1% and the 30-year to about 5.44%. Fed officials including San Francisco's Mary Daly and Chicago's Austan Goolsbee sounded hawkish after Tuesday's hotter-than-expected October inflation report, reinforcing bets on further rate hikes.
Notable movers: Nvidia (NVDA) closed down 4.34% at $166.19 after sinking as much as 13% in early trading; investors are also watching its $10 billion commitment to Anthropic's IPO private placement and its earnings due Tuesday, Nov. 17. Strategy (MSTR) fell as much as 6% after MSCI confirmed plans to drop it from two U.S. indexes, while bitcoin slid below $72,000. Tesla (TSLA) edged up about 1% on a Bloomberg report that merger talks with SpaceX are progressing. Among chipmakers, Broadcom and AMD rose while Intel and Micron fell.
마감 지수: 11월 12일(목) 뉴욕 증시는 소폭 하락 마감했습니다. S&P 500은 26.98포인트(0.35%) 내린 7,592.40, 다우존스 산업평균지수는 189.40포인트(0.36%) 내린 52,297.09, 나스닥 종합지수는 100.10포인트(0.39%) 내린 25,366.09로 거래를 마쳤습니다. 러셀 2000은 1.66% 하락했습니다.
주요 요인: 엔비디아 공동 창업자 젠슨 황이 개인 문제에 관한 언론 보도 이후 CEO직에서 물러나면서 AI 관련주 전반에 불확실성이 커졌습니다. 또한 트럼프 대통령이 이란과의 분쟁을 조기에 끝낼 계획이 없다는 신호를 보내자 국채 금리가 급등해 10년물 수익률이 5.1%를 넘었습니다. 연준 인사들도 추가 금리 인상 가능성을 시사했습니다.
주요 종목: 엔비디아는 장 초반 최대 13% 급락했다가 4.34% 하락한 166.19달러로 마감했습니다(실적 발표는 11월 17일). 스트래티지(MSTR)는 MSCI 지수 편출 소식에 최대 6% 떨어졌고 비트코인은 7만2천 달러 아래로 밀렸습니다. 테슬라는 스페이스X와의 합병 협상 진전 보도에 약 1% 올랐으며, 브로드컴과 AMD는 상승, 인텔과 마이크론은 하락했습니다.
Sources: Google Finance (index closes), Yahoo Finance live markets coverage (Nov. 12, 2026), Reuters and Bloomberg reports as cited by Yahoo Finance.
