Stock market surges on election results

Investors drove the DOW up more than three percent with bullish sentiment following Democrats’ historic win in the elections. NBC News’ Christine Romans explains what helped push markets higher.

Democrats celebrated a seismic triumph in the midterm elections, winning control of the Senate and the House as voters delivered a blistering rebuke to President Trump. Peter Baker, our chief White House correspondent, explains what this historic reset of the balance of power in Washington means.

Some companies took at hit after the election, while others rallied. Here are the biggest names making moves on Wednesday.

The stock market reacted positively to the results of the midterm elections on Wednesday when the Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped by 1,600 points. The 3% gain in the Dow Jones was the largest so far this year. The S&P 500 index gained 1.6%, and the Nasdaq Composite Index increased by 1.4%.