Nasdaq Composite closes at 25,366.09, down 0.39 percent
Published on 11/12/2026 at 22:56 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWSNasdaq ends Thursday lower
- The Nasdaq Composite closed Thursday, November 12, 2026, at 25,366.09 points.
- The index lost 100.10 points, or 0.39 percent, from Wednesday's close of 25,466.19.
- Investors assessed Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's departure and renewed uncertainty surrounding the Iran conflict.
The Nasdaq Composite ended Thursday's session, November 12, 2026, at 25,366.09 points. The technology-heavy index fell 100.10 points, equivalent to 0.39 percent, from Wednesday's closing level of 25,466.19. The decline followed a volatile session in which investors assessed new uncertainty at Nvidia and renewed geopolitical concerns.
CNBC reported that Nvidia shares fell after Jensen Huang resigned as chief executive and the company named Chief Financial Officer Colette Kress as interim CEO. The report said Nvidia had traded sharply lower earlier in the session before paring some of the decline. Nvidia is a major technology company, but the Nasdaq Composite includes more than 2,500 domestic and international common stocks listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market, so the index's daily result reflects broader market positioning rather than the performance of one constituent alone.
Leadership uncertainty weighs on technology
According to CNBC, investors also moved toward Nvidia competitors, including Advanced Micro Devices and Broadcom, while some large technology companies gained. That rotation did not prevent the broader technology market from ending lower. The S&P 500 closed at 7,592.40, down 0.35 percent, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average finished at 52,297.09, a decline of 0.36 percent. All three major US equity benchmarks therefore ended Thursday in negative territory.
Oil prices added another source of pressure. CNBC reported that West Texas Intermediate crude futures rose 2.55 percent to settle at 88.74 US dollars per barrel, while Brent crude gained 3.3 percent to 95.82 US dollars. The move followed comments from President Donald Trump concerning Iran. Higher energy prices can complicate the inflation and interest-rate outlook, although the index close alone does not establish a single cause for the day's movement.
Market remains below its record
The Nasdaq Composite's Thursday close remained 8.09 percent below its record closing level of 27,599.79 reached on October 6, 2026, according to Morningstar, citing Dow Jones Market Data and FactSet. The same report described the closing figures as preliminary market values. That distance from the high provides context for the latest pullback, but it does not by itself indicate the index's next direction.
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