Nasdaq erases post-election losses as AI trade roars back on Veterans Day

The Nasdaq recovered its post-election losses as investors returned to artificial intelligence-linked technology shares, according to the headline, with the rebound occurring on a Veterans Day session when U.S. cash equity trading was operating on a holiday schedule. The move reflects a risk-appetite channel, in which renewed demand for high-multiple growth names lifts index-heavy megacap exposure and compresses the discount investors had applied after the election-driven selloff. Because the Nasdaq-100 is weighted toward a small group of large technology issuers, the index is more sensitive to AI sentiment than broader benchmarks, and any reversal in those leaders would transmit quickly to NDX. The headline does not specify the VETERANS reference, so its exposure cannot be confirmed from the available information. Traders should watch the next major U.S. inflation and Treasury yield data, since shifts in real rate expectations would test whether the AI-led rally can persist without support from falling discount rates.

The Nasdaq-100 (NDX) is the US large-cap tech benchmark. NDX is more sensitive to rate decisions than SPX because of longer-duration cash flows, and heavily concentrated in Tech/Comms names — mega-cap earnings season dominates price action.

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