CLOSE NOTE · 2026-10-07
All three major indices closed lower, and the S&P 500 and Nasdaq performed similarly; health care led while gold miners lagged.
Archived edition, not current market data. Published: 2026-10-08T02:43:23.808Z
The S&P 500 fell 0.22%, the Nasdaq fell 0.22% and the Dow fell 0.66%. 1 of 11 sector ETFs and 0 of 8 theme ETFs closed higher; Health Care (XLV +1.03%) was strongest and Gold Miners (GDX -3.13%) weakest.
S&P 500
7,801.77-0.22% ↗Nasdaq Composite
27,538.69-0.22% ↗Dow Jones Industrial Average
51,179.87-0.66% ↗Sector structure
Health Care led; Gold Miners lagged
VIX: 15.08 · Cboe daily close · 2026-10-07; comparison date: 2026-10-06
Leaders and laggards
Top and bottom three sector proxies by close-over-close change on this session; pending proxies are excluded.
Top 3
- Health Care XLV+1.03%
- Utilities XLU-0.02%
- Retail XRT-0.05%
Bottom 3
- Gold Miners GDX-3.13%
- Homebuilders XHB-2.55%
- Industrials XLI-2.18%
Stock moves
JD.com JD+2.00%NIO NIO+1.72%Amazon AMZN+1.42%NetEase NTES+1.29%Li Auto LI+0.92%Apple AAPL+0.91%Alphabet GOOGL+0.81%XPeng XPEV+0.21%Broadcom AVGO+0.19%PDD Holdings PDD+0.13%Bilibili BILI+0.13%Microsoft MSFT+0.09%Trip.com TCOM-0.44%NVIDIA NVDA-0.74%Tesla TSLA-0.75%Baidu BIDU-2.01%Alibaba BABA-2.07%Meta META-2.38%
What to watch next
- Breadth check: 1 of 11 GICS sector proxies rose on 2026-10-07 versus 10 of 11 on 2026-10-06.
- VIX closed at 15.08, up 0.47% on the session (Cboe daily close, same source dates as the indices).
- Next macro checkpoint: U.S. CPI / Core CPI (September 2026 data), Oct 14, 2026, 8:30 PM GMT+8.
View calculation evidence
| Symbol | Date | Close | Prior date | Prior close | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPX | 2026-10-07 | 7801.77 | 2026-10-06 | 7818.93 | -0.22 |
| COMP | 2026-10-07 | 27538.69 | 2026-10-06 | 27599.89 | -0.22 |
| DJIA | 2026-10-07 | 51179.87 | 2026-10-06 | 51521.28 | -0.66 |
| XLK | 2026-10-07 | 201.39 | 2026-10-06 | 202 | -0.3 |
| XLF | 2026-10-07 | 53.75 | 2026-10-06 | 54.01 | -0.48 |
| XLE | 2026-10-07 | 63.36 | 2026-10-06 | 63.75 | -0.61 |
| XLV | 2026-10-07 | 168.81 | 2026-10-06 | 167.09 | 1.03 |
| XLI | 2026-10-07 | 167.84 | 2026-10-06 | 171.58 | -2.18 |
| XLY | 2026-10-07 | 111.36 | 2026-10-06 | 111.72 | -0.32 |
| XLP | 2026-10-07 | 81.7 | 2026-10-06 | 81.8 | -0.12 |
| XLU | 2026-10-07 | 41.15 | 2026-10-06 | 41.16 | -0.02 |
| XLB | 2026-10-07 | 48.98 | 2026-10-06 | 49.73 | -1.51 |
| XLRE | 2026-10-07 | 40.57 | 2026-10-06 | 41.1 | -1.29 |
| XLC | 2026-10-07 | 111.26 | 2026-10-06 | 111.65 | -0.35 |
| SMH | 2026-10-07 | 625.03 | 2026-10-06 | 632.5 | -1.18 |
| IGV | 2026-10-07 | 109.84 | 2026-10-06 | 111.16 | -1.19 |
| XBI | 2026-10-07 | 150.23 | 2026-10-06 | 150.9 | -0.44 |
| KRE | 2026-10-07 | 68.89 | 2026-10-06 | 70.07 | -1.68 |
| XHB | 2026-10-07 | 94.89 | 2026-10-06 | 97.37 | -2.55 |
| XRT | 2026-10-07 | 82.91 | 2026-10-06 | 82.95 | -0.05 |
| XOP | 2026-10-07 | 188.24 | 2026-10-06 | 188.46 | -0.12 |
| GDX | 2026-10-07 | 85.46 | 2026-10-06 | 88.22 | -3.13 |
| VIX | 2026-10-07 | 15.08 | 2026-10-06 | 15.01 | 0.47 |
| NVDA | 2026-10-07 | 237.47 | 2026-10-06 | 239.24 | -0.74 |
| AAPL | 2026-10-07 | 336.67 | 2026-10-06 | 333.63 | 0.91 |
| MSFT | 2026-10-07 | 529.76 | 2026-10-06 | 529.3 | 0.09 |
| GOOGL | 2026-10-07 | 350.5 | 2026-10-06 | 347.68 | 0.81 |
| AMZN | 2026-10-07 | 259.92 | 2026-10-06 | 256.29 | 1.42 |
| META | 2026-10-07 | 721.31 | 2026-10-06 | 738.88 | -2.38 |
| TSLA | 2026-10-07 | 377.81 | 2026-10-06 | 380.68 | -0.75 |
| AVGO | 2026-10-07 | 376.51 | 2026-10-06 | 375.81 | 0.19 |
| BABA | 2026-10-07 | 107 | 2026-10-06 | 109.26 | -2.07 |
| PDD | 2026-10-07 | 78.5 | 2026-10-06 | 78.4 | 0.13 |
| JD | 2026-10-07 | 27.03 | 2026-10-06 | 26.5 | 2 |
| BIDU | 2026-10-07 | 85.3 | 2026-10-06 | 87.05 | -2.01 |
| NTES | 2026-10-07 | 120.61 | 2026-10-06 | 119.07 | 1.29 |
| TCOM | 2026-10-07 | 38.09 | 2026-10-06 | 38.26 | -0.44 |
| NIO | 2026-10-07 | 3.54 | 2026-10-06 | 3.48 | 1.72 |
| LI | 2026-10-07 | 10.99 | 2026-10-06 | 10.89 | 0.92 |
| XPEV | 2026-10-07 | 9.58 | 2026-10-06 | 9.56 | 0.21 |
| BILI | 2026-10-07 | 14.92 | 2026-10-06 | 14.9 | 0.13 |
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