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The Trade Signal β€Ί Nov 4, 2026 β€Ί Close

Closing brief Β· Wednesday, November 4, 2026

U.S. Equities Close Higher as Tech and Energy Sectors Lead Gains

Markets ended the session with broad advances, while the VIX fell and major indices posted solid gains.

Published Β· Data as of 4:00 PM ET
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Today's economic calendar

Time (ET)EventImpactActualForecastPrevious
5:00 AM ETEU Inflation Rate YoY Flash (Oct. 2026)High4%4%3.8%
7:00 AM ETMBA 5/1 ARM Contract Rate (w/o Oct. 26, 2026)Medium–––
7:00 AM ETMBA 5/1 ARM Effective Rate (w/o Oct. 26, 2026)Medium–––
7:00 AM ETMBA 15-Year Mortgage Contract Rate (w/o Oct. 26, 2026)Medium–––
7:00 AM ETMBA 15-Year Mortgage Effective Rate (w/o Oct. 26, 2026)Medium–––
7:00 AM ETMBA 15-Year Mortgage Points (w/o Oct. 26, 2026)Medium–––
7:00 AM ETMBA 30-Year Mortgage Rate (w/o Oct. 26, 2026)Medium7.3%–7.41%
7:00 AM ETMBA 5/1 ARM Points (w/o Oct. 26, 2026)Medium–––
8:15 AM ETADP Employment Change (Oct. 2026)Medium86K69K86K
8:30 AM ETGoods Trade Balance (Sep. 2026)Medium-135.08B $–-132.07B $
8:30 AM ETBalance of Trade (Sep. 2026)Medium-105B $-108B $-105.7B $
8:30 AM ETExports (Sep 2026)Medium321.511B $–315.182B $
10:00 AM ETISM Services PMI (Oct. 2026)High54.554.854.9
10:30 AM ETEIA Ethanol Production (w/o Oct. 26, 2026)Medium1,143K–1,118K
10:30 AM ETEIA Ethanol Stocks (w/o Oct. 26, 2026)Medium24,434K–24,523K
10:30 AM ETEIA Crude Oil Stocks Change (w/o Oct. 26, 2026)Medium-0.865M1.75M-1.892M

Calendar times are ET and come from TradingView's public calendar, an unofficial feed; times and figures can change.

Earnings today

Before the open

  • MCD McDonald's Corporation
  • UBER Uber Technologies, Inc.
  • CVS CVS Health Corporation
  • EMR Emerson Electric Co.
  • GWW W.W. Grainger, Inc.
  • DDOG Datadog, Inc. Class A
  • COR Cencora, Inc.
  • MDLN Medline, Inc. Class A
  • CVE Cenovus Energy Inc.
  • MLM Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.

After the close

  • QCOM QUALCOMM Incorporated
  • MCK McKesson Corporation
  • APP AppLovin Corp. Class A
  • MELI MercadoLibre, Inc.
  • MSI Motorola Solutions, Inc.
  • MFC Manulife Financial Corporation
  • ALL Allstate Corporation
  • MET MetLife, Inc.
  • AFL Aflac Incorporated
  • EW Edwards Lifesciences Corporation

Time not confirmed: BRK.B, UI, TECH, GSAT, MOG.B

US-listed companies over $10B market cap, largest first. Report dates and times come from TradingView (unofficial feed) and can change.

The close

S&P 500 futures rose +125.25 to 7,721.75, trading within a range of 7,679.75 to 7,746.25. Nasdaq 100 futures advanced +267.00 to 28,567.75, while Dow futures jumped +1,614 to 53,508. The VIX declined βˆ’3.96 to 16.78. Gold gained +$142.80 to $4,074.20, and oil fell βˆ’$7.84 to $88.70.

Movers

Sector ETFs showed strength with XLY (++4.26%), XLF (++3.51%), and XLC (++3.47%) leading the day, while XLE lagged (-βˆ’4.74%). Top gainers included CRCT (++48.74%), KD (++30.14%), and RYTM (++28.04%). Top decliners were NRIX (-βˆ’38.23%), SUPN (-βˆ’32.71%), and DOX (-βˆ’30.07%). Most active stocks by volume were INTC (187.55M shares), NVDA (147.17M shares), and SPCX (134.32M shares).

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

IndexCloseChgChg %Day range
SPX500 (S&P 500 index)7,688.73+119.81+1.58%7,635.81 – 7,715.57
NAS100 (Nasdaq 100 index)28,437.72+257.46+0.91%28,286.50 – 28,829.53
Dow Jones Industrial Average53,357.03+1,570.31+3.03%52,410.23 – 53,492.40
Russell 2000 index2,856.96+44.51+1.58%2,831.51 – 2,875.14

Index futures & volatility

InstrumentLastChgChg %Range
S&P 500 futures (ES)7,721.75+125.25+1.65%7,679.75 – 7,746.25
Nasdaq 100 futures (NQ)28,567.75+267.00+0.94%28,405.00 – 28,969.00
Dow futures (YM)53,508+1,614+3.11%52,904 – 53,631
Russell 2000 futures (RTY)2,866.30+41.40+1.47%2,839.80 – 2,888.70
VIX16.78βˆ’3.96βˆ’19.09%16.59 – 18.30

Commodities & crypto

InstrumentLastChgChg %Range
Gold futures$4,074.20+$142.80+3.63%$4,038.00 – $4,081.20
WTI crude futures$88.70βˆ’$7.84βˆ’8.12%$87.13 – $94.10
Bitcoin$80,047+$2,280+2.93%$78,239 – $81,076

Dollar, FX & yields

InstrumentLastChgChg %Range
US Dollar Index (DXY)101.51βˆ’0.35βˆ’0.35%101.29 – 101.62
EUR/USD1.1233+0.0039+0.35%1.1217 – 1.1269
GBP/USD1.3473+0.0059+0.44%1.3454 – 1.3491
USD/JPY158.44βˆ’0.28βˆ’0.18%158.16 – 158.67
US 10-year yield4.894%βˆ’5.8 bpβˆ’1.17%4.884% – 4.964%

Movers

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

Top gainers

TickerPriceChg %Volume
CRCT Cricut, Inc. Class A$8.88+48.74%7.59M
KD Kyndryl Holdings Incorpo$16.84+30.14%14.95M
RYTM Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, $110.68+28.04%4.93M
DFH Dream Finders Homes, Inc$12.81+26.83%2.50M
DUOL Duolingo, Inc. Class A$161.27+25.99%9.44M
YOU Clear Secure, Inc. Class$59.08+23.70%6.74M
TRNS Transcat, Inc.$108.13+20.79%700.2K
PCOR Procore Technologies Inc$75.60+19.68%9.02M

Top decliners

TickerPriceChg %Volume
NRIX Nurix Therapeutics, Inc.$15.95βˆ’38.23%19.54M
SUPN Supernus, Inc.$28.21βˆ’32.71%6.56M
DOX Amdocs Limited$43.66βˆ’30.07%9.35M
ECG Everus Construction Grou$79.71βˆ’29.29%3.45M
LIME Neutron Holdings, Inc.$18.39βˆ’27.83%2.31M
DJT Trump Media & Technology$4.49βˆ’24.54%21.61M
FIS Fidelity National Inform$29.76βˆ’23.67%37.03M
HUT Hut 8 Corp.$48.94βˆ’23.23%13.81M

Most active

TickerPriceChg %Volume% of avg day
INTC Intel Corporation$58.27βˆ’3.77%187.55M115%
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation$200.24βˆ’3.12%147.17M136%
SPCX Space Exploration Techno$135.83βˆ’3.88%134.32M123%
ORCL Oracle Corporation$123.73βˆ’1.95%111.35M213%
PLUG Plug Power Inc.$1.46+3.55%104.39M215%
CIFR Cipher Digital Inc.$6.50βˆ’19.95%102.99M190%
GRAB Grab Holdings Limited Cl$3.36+7.69%96.47M140%
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc.$266.03+6.12%92.83M167%

Market breadth

Advancing stocksDeclining stocks
3,7221,826

After-hours movers

After-hours gainers

TickerPriceChg %Volume
ADMA ADMA Biologics, Inc.$14.34+36.83%1.04M
RPD Rapid7 Inc.$17.80+18.35%256.7K
APP AppLovin Corp. Class A$315.77+16.20%2.06M
MGNI Magnite, Inc.$26.25+15.18%411.9K
SEI Solaris Energy Infrastru$64.50+11.90%441.2K
VERX Vertex, Inc. Class A$17.56+10.30%245.1K

After-hours decliners

TickerPriceChg %Volume
LZ LegalZoom.com, Inc.$5.58βˆ’19.13%392.7K
ZG Zillow Group, Inc. Class$28.56βˆ’17.10%151.0K
Z Zillow Group, Inc. Class$28.29βˆ’16.56%709.2K
ARQT Arcutis Biotherapeutics $29.00βˆ’14.83%450.5K
CAI Caris Life Sciences, Inc$28.50βˆ’14.21%1.11M
FSLY Fastly, Inc. Class A$18.43βˆ’12.40%835.2K

Sectors

SPDR sector ETFs, % change today.

SectorETFChg %
Consumer DiscretionaryXLY+4.26%
FinancialsXLF+3.51%
Communication ServicesXLC+3.47%
Consumer StaplesXLP+3.36%
Real EstateXLRE+3.32%
Health CareXLV+3.06%
MaterialsXLB+2.49%
UtilitiesXLU+0.44%
TechnologyXLKβˆ’0.01%
IndustrialsXLIβˆ’1.09%
EnergyXLEβˆ’4.74%

Large caps

StockCloseChg %Day rangePrior highPrior low
Apple (AAPL)349.51+5.31%340.99 – 354.50334.50325.33
Microsoft (MSFT)555.80+6.68%542.30 – 559.15523.44507.82
Nvidia (NVDA)200.24βˆ’3.12%199.68 – 206.79209.14205.93
Amazon (AMZN)266.03+6.12%263.85 – 271.49252.45245.88
Tesla (TSLA)385.19βˆ’3.34%375.50 – 392.04406.50396.53
Meta (META)630.00+1.44%624.50 – 643.09624.84610.10
Alphabet (GOOGL)288.93+3.18%283.40 – 296.49281.61277.20

Large-cap earnings next session

COP ConocoPhillips Β· PH Parker-Hannifin Corporation Β· SOJE Southern Co 4.2 % Notes 2020-15.10.60 Global Series 2020C Deferrable Β· ABNB Airbnb, Inc. Class A Β· CNQ Canadian Natural Resources Limited Β· DUK Duke Energy Corporation Β· MNST Monster Beverage Corporation Β· NET Cloudflare Inc Class A Β· CI Cigna Group

Economic calendar for the next session

Thursday, November 5, 2026

Time (ET)EventImpactActualForecastPrevious
7:00 AM ETGB Interest Rate (Nov. 2026)High–4%–
8:30 AM ETUnit Labour Costs QoQ Prel (Q3 2026)Medium–0.6%1.3%
8:30 AM ETNonfarm Productivity QoQ Prel (Q3 2026)Medium–2.8%1.4%
8:30 AM ETInitial Jobless Claims (w/o Oct. 26, 2026)Medium–196K194K
8:30 AM ETUSDA Pork Net Export Sales (w/o Oct. 26, 2026)Medium––42.3K
8:30 AM ETUSDA Pork Gross Export Sales (w/o Oct. 26, 2026)Medium––44.9K
11:30 AM ET4-Week Bill Auction Allotted at High (Nov. 5, 2026)Medium–––
11:30 AM ET4-Week Bill Auction Bid-to-Cover (Nov. 5, 2026)Medium–––
11:30 AM ET4-Week Bill Auction Total Accepted (Nov. 5, 2026)Medium–––

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.

IndexOpening rangevs opening rangePrior highPrior low
SPX500 (S&P 500 index)7,635.81 – 7,704.64inside the opening range7,594.61 took out the prior-day high7,545.39 stayed above the prior-day low
NAS100 (Nasdaq 100 index)28,286.50 – 28,725.50inside the opening range28,307.90 took out the prior-day high28,085.50 stayed above the prior-day low
Dow Jones Industrial Average52,410.23 – 53,032.55above the opening range51,932.63 took out the prior-day high51,593.16 stayed above the prior-day low
Russell 2000 index2,854.61 – 2,875.14inside the opening range2,836.80 took out the prior-day high2,810.68 stayed above the prior-day low

Levels for the next session

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

InstrumentR1PivotS1Prior highPrior low
SPX500 (S&P 500 index)7,724.267,680.047,644.507,715.577,635.81
NAS100 (Nasdaq 100 index)28,749.3328,517.9228,206.3028,829.5328,286.50
Dow Jones Industrial Average53,762.8853,086.5552,680.7153,492.4052,410.23
Russell 2000 index2,877.562,854.532,833.932,875.142,831.51
Apple (AAPL)355.68348.33342.17354.50340.99
Microsoft (MSFT)562.53552.42545.68559.15542.30
Nvidia (NVDA)204.79202.24197.68206.79199.68
Amazon (AMZN)270.40267.12262.76271.49263.85
Tesla (TSLA)392.99384.24376.45392.04375.50
Meta (META)640.56632.53621.97643.09624.50
Alphabet (GOOGL)295.81289.61282.72296.49283.40

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

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

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