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Alphabet (GOOGL) fell 2.20% to $282.57 on November 5, 2026, less than the Nasdaq Composite's 5.52% drop.
Financial media tied the selloff to fears that the Democrats' midterm wins could bring tougher AI regulation and a slower data center buildout.
CNBC reported that Alphabet, Amazon, Meta and Microsoft each dropped between 2% and 4%, and the reports reviewed named no Alphabet-specific cause.
Gotrade News - In the latest Google stock news, Alphabet (GOOGL) shares fell 2.20% to close at $282.57 on Thursday, November 5, 2026, as a broad selloff in AI-linked stocks swept Wall Street. Google stock fell less than the Nasdaq Composite, whose 5.52% slide financial media tied to fears that the Democrats' midterm wins could bring tougher AI regulation and a slower data center buildout.
GOOGL Trading Data
Data
Value
Closing price
$282.57
Change
-$6.36 (-2.20%)
Previous close
$288.93
Open
$293.97
Day range
$277.07 to $295.60
Volume
53.4 million shares
30-day average volume
32.5 million shares
52-week range
$270.70 to $408.61
Regular-session close on Thursday, November 5, 2026, 4:00 p.m. New York time. Stock prices: Yahoo Finance, cross-checked against the closing price on Nasdaq.com. Volume and 30-day average volume: Nasdaq.com. 52-week range: Yahoo Finance daily highs and lows since November 6, 2025. Indices and the 10-year Treasury yield: Yahoo Finance daily closes for the same date.
Alphabet opened at $293.97 and traded as high as $295.60 and as low as $277.07, closing $5.50 above the day's low. Volume reached 53.4 million shares, 64.25% above the 32.5 million-share average.
The decline was 3.32 percentage points smaller than the Nasdaq Composite's 5.52% drop to 24,315.00. The S&P 500 lost 4.36% to 7,353.73 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 3.44% to 51,523.06, while the 10-year Treasury yield eased 5.7 basis points to 4.84%.
Among large tech peers, Amazon (AMZN) fell 2.19%, Microsoft 3.58% and Meta Platforms (META) 3.96%, while Nvidia (NVDA) dropped 9.26%. The close leaves GOOGL 30.85% below its 52-week high of $408.61 and 4.38% above its 52-week low of $270.70.
The reports reviewed for this article named no Alphabet-specific cause for Thursday's decline. According to Fox Business, stocks plunged as the Democrats' midterm sweep fueled concerns about AI regulation and data center development, and the Nasdaq closed in correction territory, at least 10% below its October 6 record closing high. The outlet reported only that Google parent Alphabet also declined, one day after stocks rallied following the midterm elections.
Fox Business reported that rising electricity prices had turned the construction of power-hungry data centers into a political issue, with some Democrats calling for restrictions or pauses on new projects. eToro market analyst Jakub Rochlitz said markets are pricing in the midterm results.
"The market's interpretation is that the AI infrastructure buildout will become slower and more expensive."
Jakub Rochlitz, eToro market analyst, via Fox Business
As reported by CNBC, Alphabet, Amazon, Meta and Microsoft, hyperscalers with infrastructure spending plans that extend well past $100 billion a year, each dropped between 2% and 4% on Thursday. CNBC noted that 41 local ballot measures in 10 states that would restrict data center construction went to a vote on Tuesday, November 3, according to Ballotpedia, and that Meta President Dina Powell McCormick said on Wednesday night that building data centers is "going to be harder" following the elections. Per CNBC, a disappointing earnings forecast from Qualcomm also contributed to the selloff.
GOOGL Stock Analysis: Supporting Factors and Risks
Supporting Factors
According to Alphabet's third-quarter 2026 release, consolidated revenue increased 25% to $127.6 billion, and CEO Sundar Pichai said the company is "now on a half-trillion dollar revenue run rate."
Google Cloud revenue more than doubled to $30.7 billion from $15.2 billion a year earlier, and Google Search & other revenue grew to $63.4 billion from $56.6 billion, per the same earnings report.
GOOGL's 2.20% decline was smaller than the losses in Meta, Microsoft and Nvidia during Thursday's selloff.
Risks
Alphabet's purchases of property and equipment rose to $51.4 billion in the third quarter from $24.0 billion a year earlier, and free cash flow for the quarter was negative $9.1 billion, according to the company's release.
Restrictions on data center construction were on local ballots in 10 states, and Meta's president said building data centers is "going to be harder" after the elections, as reported by CNBC.
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