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Closing brief · Tuesday, October 27, 2026

US stocks close higher as tech leads broad advance

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 ended the session with gains, while breadth favored advancers and the VIX fell.

Published 4:30 PM ET · Data as of 4:00 PM ET

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The close

The S&P 500 closed at 7,722.98, up +0.60%, inside a range of 7,677.16 to 7,736.24. The Nasdaq 100 finished at 29,650.57, up +1.29%, and the Dow closed at 52,387.18, up +0.05%. The Russell 2000 ended at 2,819.07, up +1.17%. The VIX closed at 17.62, down −4.81%. Breadth showed 3,338 advancers against 2,179 decliners. Technology led sectors with +1.70%, while energy lagged at −2.05%. Gold closed at $4,074.90, up +1.19%, and oil settled at $100.21, down −1.36%. The 10-year yield ended at 4.993%, up +0.7 bp.

Movers

Top gainers included CRML at $8.13 up +27.43%, HRI at $156.06 up +22.76%, and KNSA at $89.20 up +22.23%. Top decliners were INOD at $44.74 down −25.32%, XYL at $92.86 down −14.21%, and BA at $168.18 down −10.69%. Most active names were SOFI at $16.40 up +13.42%, NU at $12.40 down −1.51%, and SPCX at $148.58 up +1.14%.

After hours

After-hours gainers included MANH at $263.64 up +12.68%, PPG at $122.23 up +7.74%, and UCTT at $55.18 up +7.19%. After-hours decliners included BBNX at $19.00 down −11.17%, ENPH at $26.79 down −9.98%, and INTA at $38.85 down −9.55%.

Next session

Large-cap earnings due next session include MSFT, GOOGL, GEV, KLAC, APH, NOW, TMUS, UBS, and FTNT. Economic calendar highlights include GfK Consumer Confidence at 3:00 AM ET, MBA 30-Year Mortgage Rate at 7:00 AM ET, Autumn Budget 2026 at 8:30 AM ET, Wholesale Inventories MoM Adv at 8:30 AM ET, Retail Inventories Ex Autos MoM Adv at 8:30 AM ET, Goods Trade Balance Adv at 8:30 AM ET, BoC Interest Rate Decision at 9:45 AM ET, BoC Monetary Policy Report at 9:45 AM ET, EIA Gasoline Stocks Change at 10:30 AM ET, EIA Crude Oil Stocks Change at 10:30 AM ET, Atlanta Fed GDPNow at 11:00 AM ET, FOMC Statement at 2:00 PM ET, Fed Interest Rate Decision at 2:00 PM ET, and Fed Press Conference at 2:30 PM ET. SPX next-session pivot levels are PP at 7,712.13, R1 at 7,747.09, and S1 at 7,688.01. NDX next-session pivot levels are PP at 29,570.25, R1 at 29,799.61, and S1 at 29,421.21. DJI next-session pivot levels are PP at 52,365.64, R1 at 52,499.45, and S1 at 52,253.38. RUT next-session pivot levels are PP at 2,809.55, R1 at 2,830.51, and S1 at 2,798.12.

Closing moves

Change since the prior session's close; the range covers today's regular session up to the time shown. Data as of 4:00 PM ET.

Indices

Index	Close	Chg	Chg %	Day range
SPX500 (S&P 500 index)	7,722.98	+46.21	+0.60%	7,677.16 – 7,736.24
NAS100 (Nasdaq 100 index)	29,650.57	+377.17	+1.29%	29,340.89 – 29,719.30
Dow Jones Industrial Average	52,387.18	+25.60	+0.05%	52,231.84 – 52,477.91
Russell 2000 index	2,819.07	+32.66	+1.17%	2,788.59 – 2,820.98

Index futures & volatility

Instrument	Last	Chg	Chg %	Range
S&P 500 futures (ES)	7,758.00	+43.50	+0.56%	7,712.50 – 7,772.75
Nasdaq 100 futures (NQ)	29,813.25	+373.75	+1.27%	29,494.50 – 29,881.25
Dow futures (YM)	52,577	+30	+0.06%	52,419 – 52,668
Russell 2000 futures (RTY)	2,828.80	+31.50	+1.13%	2,796.10 – 2,831.70
VIX	17.62	−0.89	−4.81%	17.43 – 18.18

Commodities & crypto

Instrument	Last	Chg	Chg %	Range
Gold futures	$4,074.90	+$47.90	+1.19%	$4,034.60 – $4,079.40
WTI crude futures	$100.21	−$1.38	−1.36%	$99.44 – $101.92
Bitcoin	$80,709	+$828	+1.04%	$79,744 – $80,723

Dollar, FX & yields

Instrument	Last	Chg	Chg %	Range
US Dollar Index (DXY)	102.30	+0.30	+0.29%	102.16 – 102.33
EUR/USD	1.1140	−0.0041	−0.37%	1.1136 – 1.1157
GBP/USD	1.3316	−0.0030	−0.22%	1.3306 – 1.3332
USD/JPY	157.91	+0.40	+0.25%	157.69 – 157.96
US 10-year yield	4.993%	+0.7 bp	+0.14%	4.980% – 5.007%

Movers

US-listed stocks above $2 and a $1B market cap with at least 500K shares traded.

Top gainers

Ticker	Price	Chg %	Volume
CRML Critical Metals Corp.	$8.13	+27.43%	19.71M
HRI Herc Holdings, Inc.	$156.06	+22.76%	2.04M
KNSA Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals	$89.20	+22.23%	2.32M
JBLU JetBlue Airways Corporat	$2.82	+18.99%	69.91M
USAR USA Rare Earth, Inc. Cla	$10.40	+16.72%	20.96M
CTOS Custom Truck One Source	$10.51	+16.65%	2.49M
TMC TMC the metals company I	$2.75	+15.06%	4.31M
SOFI SoFi Technologies Inc	$16.40	+13.42%	160.28M

Top decliners

Ticker	Price	Chg %	Volume
INOD Innodata Inc.	$44.74	−25.32%	9.65M
XYL Xylem Inc.	$92.86	−14.21%	10.22M
BA Boeing Company	$168.18	−10.69%	46.83M
UNF UniFirst Corporation	$250.40	−10.46%	2.04M
DK Delek US Holdings Inc	$70.30	−10.41%	1.85M
PARR Par Pacific Holdings Inc	$74.53	−10.39%	862.1K
VLO Valero Energy Corporatio	$387.34	−9.24%	5.06M
EYE National Vision Holdings	$16.20	−8.99%	3.23M

Most active

Ticker	Price	Chg %	Volume	% of avg day
SOFI SoFi Technologies Inc	$16.40	+13.42%	160.28M	260%
NU Nu Holdings Ltd. Class A	$12.40	−1.51%	99.35M	103%
SPCX Space Exploration Techno	$148.58	+1.14%	94.84M	81%
INTC Intel Corporation	$93.74	+3.61%	89.29M	87%
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation	$217.94	+0.90%	84.18M	83%
GRAB Grab Holdings Limited Cl	$2.72	+0.37%	66.18M	124%
AAL American Airlines Group	$12.61	+3.36%	54.93M	87%
CRWV CoreWeave, Inc. Class A	$59.57	+7.94%	52.54M	61%

Market breadth

Advancing stocks	Declining stocks
3,338	2,179

After-hours movers

After-hours gainers

Ticker	Price	Chg %	Volume
MANH Manhattan Associates, In	$263.64	+12.68%	101.1K
PPG PPG Industries, Inc.	$122.23	+7.74%	685.4K
UCTT Ultra Clean Holdings, In	$55.18	+7.19%	230.7K
HLF Herbalife Ltd.	$14.04	+4.26%	400.6K
HTFL HeartFlow, Inc.	$60.00	+3.77%	233.9K
CUBI Customers Bancorp, Inc.	$89.20	+3.09%	85.7K

After-hours decliners

Ticker	Price	Chg %	Volume
BBNX Beta Bionics, Inc.	$19.00	−11.17%	123.5K
ENPH Enphase Energy, Inc.	$26.79	−9.98%	1.83M
INTA Intapp, Inc.	$38.85	−9.55%	183.6K
NXPI NXP Semiconductors NV	$232.50	−8.28%	1.70M
STX Seagate Technology Holdi	$612.80	−8.24%	941.8K
FFIV F5, Inc.	$438.00	−4.65%	258.0K

Sectors

SPDR sector ETFs, % change today.

Sector	ETF	Chg %
Technology	XLK	+1.70%
Consumer Discretionary	XLY	+1.04%
Materials	XLB	+0.78%
Utilities	XLU	+0.71%
Industrials	XLI	+0.57%
Health Care	XLV	−0.06%
Financials	XLF	−0.25%
Communication Services	XLC	−0.26%
Real Estate	XLRE	−0.84%
Consumer Staples	XLP	−0.92%
Energy	XLE	−2.05%

Large caps

Stock	Close	Chg %	Day range	Prior high	Prior low
Apple (AAPL)	347.10	+0.93%	342.39 – 347.78	347.09	341.03
Microsoft (MSFT)	531.44	−0.22%	528.33 – 534.70	533.25	521.69
Nvidia (NVDA)	217.94	+0.90%	215.53 – 219.19	217.75	212.61
Amazon (AMZN)	253.10	+1.61%	248.71 – 254.68	250.79	247.23
Tesla (TSLA)	407.46	+4.04%	395.25 – 408.45	397.27	383.73
Meta (META)	620.19	−1.64%	619.21 – 628.46	647.69	627.80
Alphabet (GOOGL)	320.58	+1.19%	316.86 – 323.88	321.48	316.60

Large-cap earnings next session

MSFT Microsoft Corporation · GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A · GEV GE Vernova Inc. · KLAC KLA Corporation · APH Amphenol Corporation Class A · NOW ServiceNow, Inc. · TMUS T-Mobile US, Inc. · UBS UBS Group AG · FTNT Fortinet, Inc.

Economic calendar for the next session

Wednesday, October 28, 2026

Time (ET)	Event	Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous
3:00 AM ET	DE GfK Consumer Confidence (Nov)	High	–	-30.9	-30.6
7:00 AM ET	MBA 30-Year Mortgage Rate (Oct/23)	Medium	–	–	7.41
8:30 AM ET	GB Autumn Budget 2026	High	–	–	–
8:30 AM ET	Wholesale Inventories MoM Adv (Sep)	Medium	–	0.5%	0.5%
8:30 AM ET	Retail Inventories Ex Autos MoM Adv (Sep)	Medium	–	–	0%
8:30 AM ET	Goods Trade Balance Adv (Sep)	Medium	–	-130B $	-132.1B $
9:45 AM ET	CA BoC Interest Rate Decision	High	–	2.5%	2.25%
9:45 AM ET	CA BoC Monetary Policy Report	High	–	–	–
10:30 AM ET	EIA Gasoline Stocks Change (Oct/23)	Medium	–	-1.4M	-2.952M
10:30 AM ET	EIA Crude Oil Stocks Change (Oct/23)	Medium	–	0.8M	-3.061M
11:00 AM ET	Atlanta Fed GDPNow (Q3)	Medium	–	–	3.4%
2:00 PM ET	FOMC Statement	High	–	–	–
2:00 PM ET	Fed Interest Rate Decision	High	–	4%	4%
2:30 PM ET	Fed Press Conference	High	–	–	–

Levels to watch

The opening range is the first 30 minutes of the session. Breaks compare today's high and low with the prior-day high and low.

Index	Opening range	vs opening range	Prior high	Prior low
SPX500 (S&P 500 index)	7,683.66 – 7,708.85	above the opening range	7,702.13 took out the prior-day high	7,639.70 stayed above the prior-day low
NAS100 (Nasdaq 100 index)	29,373.28 – 29,529.03	above the opening range	29,404.44 took out the prior-day high	29,011.91 stayed above the prior-day low
Dow Jones Industrial Average	52,264.73 – 52,477.91	inside the opening range	52,620.19 stayed below the prior-day high	52,263.25 took out the prior-day low
Russell 2000 index	2,792.04 – 2,799.52	above the opening range	2,804.40 took out the prior-day high	2,778.17 stayed above the prior-day low

Levels for the next session

Classic floor pivots calculated from today's high, low and close.

Instrument	R1	Pivot	S1	Prior high	Prior low
SPX500 (S&P 500 index)	7,747.09	7,712.13	7,688.01	7,736.24	7,677.16
NAS100 (Nasdaq 100 index)	29,799.61	29,570.25	29,421.21	29,719.30	29,340.89
Dow Jones Industrial Average	52,499.45	52,365.64	52,253.38	52,477.91	52,231.84
Russell 2000 index	2,830.51	2,809.55	2,798.12	2,820.98	2,788.59
Apple (AAPL)	349.12	345.76	343.73	347.78	342.39
Microsoft (MSFT)	534.65	531.49	528.28	534.70	528.33
Nvidia (NVDA)	219.58	217.55	215.92	219.19	215.53
Amazon (AMZN)	255.62	252.16	249.65	254.68	248.71
Tesla (TSLA)	412.19	403.72	398.99	408.45	395.25
Meta (META)	626.03	622.62	616.78	628.46	619.21
Alphabet (GOOGL)	324.02	320.44	317.00	323.88	316.86

Movers, sectors and breadth: snapshot at 4:30 PM ET.

Sources: Yahoo Finance, TradingView. Data may be delayed.

Not financial advice. The Trade Signal is for information and education only. Nothing here is a recommendation to buy or sell any security. Markets carry risk; do your own research.

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