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The Trade Signal β€Ί Nov 13, 2026 β€Ί Close

Closing brief Β· Friday, November 13, 2026

S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 close lower as breadth turns negative

Defensive sectors led gains while technology lagged; next-session focus shifts to earnings and inflation data.

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

Time (ET)EventImpactActualForecastPrevious
8:30 AM ETPPI MoM (Oct. 2026)High0.3%0.4%1.4%
8:30 AM ETCore PPI MoM (Oct. 2026)Medium0.3%0.3%0.8%
8:30 AM ETPPI Machinery Manufacturing (Oct. 2026)Medium200.8–200.26
8:30 AM ETUSDA Pork Net Export Sales (w/o Nov. 2, 2026)Medium39.5K–37.3K
8:30 AM ETUSDA Pork Gross Export Sales (w/o Nov. 2, 2026)Medium41.5K–39.5K
2:00 PM ETBaker Hughes Gas Rig Count (w/o Nov. 9, 2026)Medium127–131

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

Earnings today

Before the open

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After the close

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Time not confirmed: WSM, 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

The S&P 500 finished βˆ’0.42% at 7,560.87, ranging from 7,499.40 to 7,621.78. The Nasdaq 100 closed βˆ’1.24% at 27,937.37, while the Dow ended +0.09% at 52,342.03. The Russell 2000 settled βˆ’0.32% at 2,790.19. Breadth was negative with 2,462 advancers against 3,047 decliners. Staples led sectors at +1.42%, while technology was the laggard at βˆ’2.01%. The 10-year yield closed at 5.154%, up +5.1 bp. Gold ended +0.06% at $3,881.70, and oil closed βˆ’0.01% at $88.93.

Movers

Meta led mega-cap gainers at +2.90%, while Nvidia fell βˆ’2.01%. Top gainers included NMAX at +31.41% and LFTO at +30.63%. Top decliners were HTFL at βˆ’19.13% and VIR at βˆ’17.82%. NVDA was the most active name at 360.71M shares.

After hours

After-hours gainers included BUUU at +3.01% and CNC at +2.93%. Decliners were led by MMED at βˆ’5.53% and UPBD at βˆ’3.87%.

Next session

Earnings due include TSN and ARMK. Economic events feature Foreign Direct Investment (YTD) YoY at 2:00 AM ET, Core Inflation Rate MoM s.a at 8:30 AM ET, and Inflation Rate YoY at 8:30 AM ET. SPX next-session pivots are PP 7,560.68, R1 7,621.97, and S1 7,499.59. NDX pivots are PP 27,947.81, R1 28,285.35, and S1 27,599.83.

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)7,560.87βˆ’31.53βˆ’0.42%7,499.40 – 7,621.78
NAS100 (Nasdaq 100 index)27,937.37βˆ’351.82βˆ’1.24%27,610.27 – 28,295.80
Dow Jones Industrial Average52,342.03+44.94+0.09%52,017.86 – 52,521.48
Russell 2000 index2,790.19βˆ’8.87βˆ’0.32%2,763.72 – 2,805.90

Index futures & volatility

InstrumentLastChgChg %Range
S&P 500 futures (ES)7,585.00βˆ’31.25βˆ’0.41%7,519.25 – 7,643.50
Nasdaq 100 futures (NQ)28,037.50βˆ’350.75βˆ’1.24%27,695.25 – 28,399.00
Dow futures (YM)52,430+39+0.07%52,081 – 52,622
Russell 2000 futures (RTY)2,797.90βˆ’9.80βˆ’0.35%2,768.10 – 2,813.70
VIX18.81βˆ’0.07βˆ’0.37%18.13 – 20.92

Commodities & crypto

InstrumentLastChgChg %Range
Gold futures$3,881.70+$2.20+0.06%$3,871.10 – $3,903.50
WTI crude futures$88.93βˆ’$0.01βˆ’0.01%$88.23 – $89.64
Bitcoin$68,837βˆ’$2,509βˆ’3.52%$68,039 – $69,411

Dollar, FX & yields

InstrumentLastChgChg %Range
US Dollar Index (DXY)103.41+0.24+0.24%103.13 – 103.44
EUR/USD1.1027βˆ’0.0034βˆ’0.31%1.1024 – 1.1062
GBP/USD1.3215βˆ’0.0025βˆ’0.19%1.3206 – 1.3251
USD/JPY159.79βˆ’0.10βˆ’0.06%159.51 – 159.97
US 10-year yield5.154%+5.1 bp+1.00%5.125% – 5.174%

Movers

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

Top gainers

TickerPriceChg %Volume
NMAX Newsmax Inc. Class B$9.58+31.41%5.07M
LFTO Liftoff Mobile, Inc.$24.44+30.63%9.55M
MOD Modine Manufacturing Com$135.66+27.86%8.41M
FRMI Fermi Inc.$2.61+26.70%71.56M
HAWK HawkEye 360, Inc.$18.16+23.79%7.00M
TNDM Tandem Diabetes Care, In$20.07+14.62%4.40M
STN Stantec Inc$85.69+14.06%936.0K
UNIT Uniti Group Inc.$4.88+13.49%9.07M

Top decliners

TickerPriceChg %Volume
HTFL HeartFlow, Inc.$48.46βˆ’19.13%3.70M
VIR Vir Biotechnology, Inc.$9.96βˆ’17.82%16.64M
ALVO Alvotech$4.19βˆ’10.28%2.09M
NBIS Nebius Group N.V. Class $115.88βˆ’9.92%47.94M
LCID Lucid Group, Inc.$2.96βˆ’9.22%20.11M
AVEX AEVEX Corp. Class A$12.51βˆ’9.08%2.12M
PDFS PDF Solutions, Inc.$36.98βˆ’9.01%1.10M
BFLY Butterfly Network, Inc. $6.08βˆ’8.85%4.28M

Most active

TickerPriceChg %Volume% of avg day
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation$162.85βˆ’2.01%360.71M113%
NU Nu Holdings Ltd. Class A$13.22+11.75%152.17M195%
INTC Intel Corporation$59.66βˆ’2.52%101.14M64%
CRWV CoreWeave, Inc. Class A$53.13βˆ’6.13%78.94M101%
SPCX Space Exploration Techno$139.11βˆ’0.59%75.53M71%
IREN IREN Limited$18.17βˆ’6.72%68.39M85%
GRAB Grab Holdings Limited Cl$3.240.00%60.69M63%
KDP Keurig Dr Pepper Inc.$36.34+2.60%59.77M218%

Market breadth

Advancing stocksDeclining stocks
2,4623,047

After-hours movers

After-hours gainers

TickerPriceChg %Volume
BUUU BUUU Group Limited Class$5.48+3.01%57.3K
CNC Centene Corporation$73.36+2.93%808.0K
VIK Viking Holdings Ltd$91.99+2.36%496.5K
FND Floor & Decor Holdings, $48.70+1.99%316.4K
PGY Pagaya Technologies Ltd $17.20+1.96%122.0K
WCC WESCO International, Inc$328.05+1.95%53.2K

After-hours decliners

TickerPriceChg %Volume
MMED MiniMed Group, Inc.$16.99βˆ’5.53%427.8K
UPBD Upbound Group, Inc.$24.12βˆ’3.87%264.6K
MXL MaxLinear, Inc.$53.90βˆ’3.37%174.1K
VSTM Verastem, Inc.$7.99βˆ’2.32%273.4K
TRLV Trulieve Cannabis Corp.$10.65βˆ’2.29%216.4K
FPS Forgent Power Solutions,$21.66βˆ’2.08%399.6K

Sectors

SPDR sector ETFs, % change today.

SectorETFChg %
Consumer StaplesXLP+1.42%
Communication ServicesXLC+1.05%
EnergyXLE+0.98%
FinancialsXLF+0.81%
Health CareXLV+0.54%
UtilitiesXLU+0.52%
Real EstateXLRE+0.02%
MaterialsXLBβˆ’0.21%
IndustrialsXLIβˆ’0.39%
Consumer DiscretionaryXLYβˆ’0.40%
TechnologyXLKβˆ’2.01%

Large caps

StockCloseChg %Day rangePrior highPrior low
Apple (AAPL)356.27+0.39%355.75 – 360.83359.37354.41
Microsoft (MSFT)523.88+0.17%513.82 – 526.42529.66520.00
Nvidia (NVDA)162.85βˆ’2.01%158.39 – 170.00167.14148.80
Amazon (AMZN)266.64βˆ’0.30%263.91 – 270.05273.60267.20
Tesla (TSLA)390.22βˆ’1.82%385.83 – 404.40401.22385.20
Meta (META)641.69+2.90%624.79 – 643.91630.32618.92
Alphabet (GOOGL)295.77βˆ’0.98%293.44 – 304.97302.56293.69

Large-cap earnings next session

TSN Tyson Foods, Inc. Class A Β· ARMK Aramark

Economic calendar for the next session

Monday, November 16, 2026

Time (ET)EventImpactActualForecastPrevious
2:00 AM ETCN Foreign Direct Investment (YTD) YoY (Oct. 2026)High––-4.3%
8:30 AM ETCA Core Inflation Rate MoM s.a (Oct. 2026)High––0.1%
8:30 AM ETCA Inflation Rate YoY (Oct. 2026)High–3.2%3.1%
8:30 AM ETNY Empire State Manufacturing Index (Nov. 2026)Medium–1825.5
11:30 AM ET3-Month Bill Auction Allotted at High (Nov. 16, 2026)Medium–––
11:30 AM ET3-Month Bill Auction Bid-to-Cover (Nov. 16, 2026)Medium–––
11:30 AM ET3-Month Bill Auction Total Accepted (Nov. 16, 2026)Medium–––
11:30 AM ET6-Month Bill Auction Allotted at High (Nov. 16, 2026)Medium–––
11:30 AM ET6-Month Bill Auction Bid-to-Cover (Nov. 16, 2026)Medium–––
11:30 AM ET6-Month Bill Auction Total Accepted (Nov. 16, 2026)Medium–––
12:00 PM ETNOPA Soybean Oil Stocks (Oct. 2026)Medium–1.089B1.053B

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)7,559.87 – 7,621.78inside the opening range7,652.76 stayed below the prior-day high7,550.84 took out the prior-day low
NAS100 (Nasdaq 100 index)27,983.64 – 28,295.80below the opening range28,548.55 stayed below the prior-day high27,940.58 took out the prior-day low
Dow Jones Industrial Average52,308.92 – 52,521.48inside the opening range52,751.22 stayed below the prior-day high52,271.16 took out the prior-day low
Russell 2000 index2,786.35 – 2,805.90inside the opening range2,832.79 stayed below the prior-day high2,796.83 took out 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)7,621.977,560.687,499.597,621.787,499.40
NAS100 (Nasdaq 100 index)28,285.3527,947.8127,599.8328,295.8027,610.27
Dow Jones Industrial Average52,569.7252,293.7952,066.1052,521.4852,017.86
Russell 2000 index2,809.492,786.602,767.302,805.902,763.72
Apple (AAPL)359.48357.62354.40360.83355.75
Microsoft (MSFT)528.93521.37516.33526.42513.82
Nvidia (NVDA)169.10163.75157.49170.00158.39
Amazon (AMZN)269.82266.87263.68270.05263.91
Tesla (TSLA)401.14393.48382.57404.40385.83
Meta (META)648.80636.80629.68643.91624.79
Alphabet (GOOGL)302.68298.06291.15304.97293.44

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

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

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