CLOSE NOTE · 2026-09-29
All three major indices finished lower, and the Nasdaq outperformed the S&P 500, while the gold miners proxy led and regional banks lagged.
Archived edition, not current market data. Published: 2026-09-30T19:15:00.713Z
Automatically assembled for source date 2026-09-29: the S&P 500 fell 0.17%, the Nasdaq fell 0.09%, and the Dow fell 0.26%. 4 of 11 GICS sector proxies finished higher, with additional theme slices such as semiconductors, software, biotech and banks. Index levels use Tencent U.S. daily bars; sector proxies use Sina daily bars; VIX is shown only when the Cboe history contains the same date; missing data is reported separately. Automated checks are not human or independent-source verification.
S&P 500
7,670.84-0.17% ↗Nasdaq Composite
26,797.54-0.09% ↗Dow Jones Industrial Average
51,349.92-0.26% ↗Sector structure
Gold Miners led; Regional Banks lagged
VIX: 16.04 · Cboe daily close · 2026-09-29; comparison date: 2026-09-28
Leaders and laggards
Top and bottom three sector proxies by close-over-close change on this session; pending proxies are excluded.
Top 3
- Gold Miners GDX+1.34%
- Utilities XLU+1.17%
- Semiconductors SMH+1.15%
Bottom 3
- Regional Banks KRE-1.02%
- Energy XLE-0.90%
- Oil & Gas Exploration XOP-0.84%
What to watch next
- Breadth check: 4 of 11 GICS sector proxies rose on 2026-09-29 versus 3 of 11 on 2026-09-28.
- VIX closed at 16.04, down 0.19% on the session (Cboe daily close, same source dates as the indices).
- Next macro checkpoint: U.S. PCE / Core PCE (August 2026 data), Sep 30, 2026, 8:30 PM GMT+8.
View calculation evidence
| Symbol | Date | Close | Prior date | Prior close | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPX | 2026-09-29 | 7670.84 | 2026-09-28 | 7683.69 | -0.17 |
| COMP | 2026-09-29 | 26797.54 | 2026-09-28 | 26820.38 | -0.09 |
| DJIA | 2026-09-29 | 51349.92 | 2026-09-28 | 51481.51 | -0.26 |
| XLK | 2026-09-29 | 194.5 | 2026-09-28 | 194.53 | -0.02 |
| XLF | 2026-09-29 | 54.01 | 2026-09-28 | 54.19 | -0.33 |
| XLE | 2026-09-29 | 61.54 | 2026-09-28 | 62.1 | -0.9 |
| XLV | 2026-09-29 | 170.73 | 2026-09-28 | 171.26 | -0.31 |
| XLI | 2026-09-29 | 169.13 | 2026-09-28 | 168.78 | 0.21 |
| XLY | 2026-09-29 | 109.15 | 2026-09-28 | 109 | 0.14 |
| XLP | 2026-09-29 | 81.85 | 2026-09-28 | 82.28 | -0.52 |
| XLU | 2026-09-29 | 39.71 | 2026-09-28 | 39.25 | 1.17 |
| XLB | 2026-09-29 | 49.1 | 2026-09-28 | 49.47 | -0.75 |
| XLRE | 2026-09-29 | 41.34 | 2026-09-28 | 41.35 | -0.02 |
| XLC | 2026-09-29 | 111.47 | 2026-09-28 | 111.18 | 0.26 |
| SMH | 2026-09-29 | 606.9 | 2026-09-28 | 600.01 | 1.15 |
| IGV | 2026-09-29 | 105.22 | 2026-09-28 | 105.43 | -0.2 |
| XBI | 2026-09-29 | 156.81 | 2026-09-28 | 156.61 | 0.13 |
| KRE | 2026-09-29 | 69.83 | 2026-09-28 | 70.55 | -1.02 |
| XHB | 2026-09-29 | 96.97 | 2026-09-28 | 97.3 | -0.34 |
| XRT | 2026-09-29 | 82.47 | 2026-09-28 | 82.55 | -0.1 |
| XOP | 2026-09-29 | 178.63 | 2026-09-28 | 180.14 | -0.84 |
| GDX | 2026-09-29 | 89.07 | 2026-09-28 | 87.89 | 1.34 |
| VIX | 2026-09-29 | 16.04 | 2026-09-28 | 16.07 | -0.19 |
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