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Nvidia (NVDA) fell 9.26% to $181.60 on November 5, 2026, on volume of 306.1 million shares.
Financial media tied the drop to a sell-off in AI and chip stocks on election-related uncertainty and data center demand worries, not company-specific news.
The stock lagged the Nasdaq Composite by 3.74 percentage points and now sits 25.38% below its 52-week high.
Gotrade News - In the latest Nvidia stock news, shares of Nvidia (NVDA) fell 9.26% to close at $181.60 on Thursday, November 5, 2026, as a broad sell-off in AI and chip stocks deepened. Nvidia stock lost $18.53 in the session, and financial media tied the drop to election-related uncertainty and worries about data center demand rather than company-specific news.
NVDA Trading Data
Data
Value
Closing price
$181.60
Change
-$18.53 (-9.26%)
Previous close
$200.13
Open
$196.07
Day range
$181.46 to $196.25
Volume
306.1 million shares
30-day average volume
104.9 million shares
52-week range
$164.27 to $243.37
Market cap
$4.38 trillion
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.
Nvidia opened at $196.07, below the previous close of $200.13, and traded between $181.46 and $196.25 as selling built through the day. The stock finished just $0.14 above its intraday low, closing near the bottom of its range.
Trading was unusually heavy. Volume reached 306.1 million shares, 191.70% above the average of 104.9 million shares.
The decline came on a weak day for the whole market. The Nasdaq Composite fell 5.52% to 24,315.00, the S&P 500 dropped 4.36% to 7,353.73 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 3.44% to 51,523.06, which left Nvidia 3.74 percentage points behind the Nasdaq. The US 10-year Treasury yield eased 5.7 basis points to 4.84% in the same session.
Several chip peers fell harder than Nvidia. Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) dropped 17.26% and Micron (MU) lost 17.46%, while Broadcom (AVGO) fell 10.43% and TSMC slid 10.78%. After the session, Nvidia sits 25.38% below its 52-week high of $243.37 and 10.55% above its 52-week low of $164.27.
Why Nvidia Stock Fell
None of the reports on the session named a company-specific cause for Nvidia's drop. According to The Motley Fool, investors were selling AI and chip names on November 5 as election-related uncertainty and demand worries intensified, and the move reflected skepticism about demand and policy uncertainty rather than company news. The outlet added that while AMD and others continue to suggest that data center demand remains strong, the midterm election results have market watchers wondering whether that could soon change. It also noted that Nvidia's stock is now at its lowest level since April.
Per FX Leaders, investors are pricing in heightened regulatory scrutiny and potential zoning, environmental or power supply delays for AI data center projects in the wake of the US midterm election outcomes. The same November 5 report pointed to mounting concerns over the pace of AI monetization, with Wall Street increasingly demanding proof that enterprise revenue will justify massive infrastructure spending.
FX Leaders also tied the profit-taking across high-valuation chipmakers to cautious forward forecasts from Qualcomm and Arm, two key ecosystem partners, and noted that Nvidia had not released earnings this week.
NVDA Stock Analysis: Supporting Factors and Risks
Supporting Factors
Nvidia has said it expects sales to jump another 70% in its next fiscal year, as The Motley Fool reported.
AMD and other chipmakers continue to suggest that data center demand remains strong, according to The Motley Fool.
FX Leaders cited projections that global AI hardware capital spending will approach $900 billion.
Risks
Potential zoning, environmental or power supply delays for AI data center projects after the midterm elections, per FX Leaders.
Growing pressure on the AI industry to prove that enterprise revenue justifies its infrastructure spending, as FX Leaders noted.
Demand skepticism and policy uncertainty, which The Motley Fool said drove the selling across the chip group.
The next confirmed event is Nvidia's earnings report for the third quarter of fiscal 2027, which ended October 25, 2026. According to the company's official release, Nvidia will host a conference call on Tuesday, November 17, at 2 p.m. PT (5 p.m. ET).
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