Stock futures plunge as Democrats overperform in US midterm elections
Wall Street braces for intense partisanship as Democrats win Senate seat in South Carolina; Trump tells FT he has no immediate plans to strike Iran
Stock futures fell sharply on Tuesday night as Democrats turned in a surprisingly strong performance in the US midterm elections, confronting Wall Street with the prospect of two years of intense partisanship. Futures tied to the Dow Jones industrial average fell 380 points, or 0.73 percent, while S&P 500 futures sank 1.12 percent and Nasdaq futures tumbled 2.07 percent.