Stock markets diverge, oil prices steady tracking Trump and AI

Stock markets diverged Thursday as traders weighed President Donald Trump's hefty defeat in the US midterm elections against lingering concerns about huge AI investments."A release valve has been unscrewed following the Democratic success of the midterms, with pent-up concerns about an escalation of the war in the Middle East evaporating," said Susannah Streeter, chief investment strategist at Wea