CLOSE NOTE · 2026-10-15
All three major indices closed higher, and the Nasdaq underperformed the S&P 500; gold miners led while energy lagged.
Archived edition, not current market data. Published: 2026-10-16T01:25:32.835Z
The S&P 500 rose 0.33%, the Nasdaq rose 0.08% and the Dow rose 1.08%. 8 of 11 sector ETFs and 6 of 8 theme ETFs closed higher; Gold Miners (GDX +4.34%) was strongest and Energy (XLE -1.58%) weakest.
S&P 500
7,744.06+0.33% ↗Nasdaq Composite
26,713.03+0.08% ↗Dow Jones Industrial Average
52,177.69+1.08% ↗Sector structure
Gold Miners led; Energy lagged
VIX: — · VIX unavailable for 2026-10-15; no other date substituted. Latest source date: 2026-10-14
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+4.34%
- Retail XRT+3.68%
- Homebuilders XHB+3.13%
Bottom 3
- Energy XLE-1.58%
- Oil & Gas Exploration XOP-1.49%
- Semiconductors SMH-1.04%
Stock moves
NetEase NTES+2.73%Trip.com TCOM+2.70%JD.com JD+2.66%NIO NIO+2.64%XPeng XPEV+2.23%Li Auto LI+1.78%PDD Holdings PDD+1.19%Bilibili BILI+1.12%Microsoft MSFT+1.08%Baidu BIDU+0.86%Alphabet GOOGL+0.45%Amazon AMZN+0.27%Alibaba BABA-0.04%Meta META-0.11%Apple AAPL-0.28%Broadcom AVGO-0.55%Tesla TSLA-1.29%NVIDIA NVDA-1.84%
What to watch next
- Breadth check: 8 of 11 GICS sector proxies rose on 2026-10-15 versus 3 of 11 on 2026-10-14.
- VIX is unavailable for 2026-10-15; no level or direction is shown.
- Next macro checkpoint: FOMC Rate Decision (October meeting), Oct 29, 2026, 2:00 AM GMT+8.
View calculation evidence
| Symbol | Date | Close | Prior date | Prior close | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPX | 2026-10-15 | 7744.06 | 2026-10-14 | 7718.94 | 0.33 |
| COMP | 2026-10-15 | 26713.03 | 2026-10-14 | 26692.87 | 0.08 |
| DJIA | 2026-10-15 | 52177.69 | 2026-10-14 | 51621.48 | 1.08 |
| XLK | 2026-10-15 | 189.19 | 2026-10-14 | 190.43 | -0.65 |
| XLF | 2026-10-15 | 55.27 | 2026-10-14 | 54.52 | 1.38 |
| XLE | 2026-10-15 | 66.56 | 2026-10-14 | 67.63 | -1.58 |
| XLV | 2026-10-15 | 177.19 | 2026-10-14 | 173.96 | 1.86 |
| XLI | 2026-10-15 | 167.89 | 2026-10-14 | 167.04 | 0.51 |
| XLY | 2026-10-15 | 113.41 | 2026-10-14 | 111.5 | 1.71 |
| XLP | 2026-10-15 | 86.68 | 2026-10-14 | 86.06 | 0.72 |
| XLU | 2026-10-15 | 41.65 | 2026-10-14 | 41.72 | -0.17 |
| XLB | 2026-10-15 | 50.56 | 2026-10-14 | 49.67 | 1.79 |
| XLRE | 2026-10-15 | 41.99 | 2026-10-14 | 41.49 | 1.21 |
| XLC | 2026-10-15 | 112.44 | 2026-10-14 | 110.82 | 1.46 |
| SMH | 2026-10-15 | 558.84 | 2026-10-14 | 564.74 | -1.04 |
| IGV | 2026-10-15 | 109.6 | 2026-10-14 | 107.65 | 1.81 |
| XBI | 2026-10-15 | 149.78 | 2026-10-14 | 146.77 | 2.05 |
| KRE | 2026-10-15 | 69.75 | 2026-10-14 | 68.54 | 1.77 |
| XHB | 2026-10-15 | 95.75 | 2026-10-14 | 92.84 | 3.13 |
| XRT | 2026-10-15 | 87.82 | 2026-10-14 | 84.7 | 3.68 |
| XOP | 2026-10-15 | 194.89 | 2026-10-14 | 197.84 | -1.49 |
| GDX | 2026-10-15 | 87.02 | 2026-10-14 | 83.4 | 4.34 |
| VIX | — | — | 2026-10-14 | 16.87 | — |
| NVDA | 2026-10-15 | 217.23 | 2026-10-14 | 221.3 | -1.84 |
| AAPL | 2026-10-15 | 342 | 2026-10-14 | 342.96 | -0.28 |
| MSFT | 2026-10-15 | 539.44 | 2026-10-14 | 533.69 | 1.08 |
| GOOGL | 2026-10-15 | 349.22 | 2026-10-14 | 347.64 | 0.45 |
| AMZN | 2026-10-15 | 254.76 | 2026-10-14 | 254.08 | 0.27 |
| META | 2026-10-15 | 736.72 | 2026-10-14 | 737.54 | -0.11 |
| TSLA | 2026-10-15 | 362.44 | 2026-10-14 | 367.16 | -1.29 |
| AVGO | 2026-10-15 | 344.33 | 2026-10-14 | 346.25 | -0.55 |
| BABA | 2026-10-15 | 111.13 | 2026-10-14 | 111.17 | -0.04 |
| PDD | 2026-10-15 | 82.42 | 2026-10-14 | 81.45 | 1.19 |
| JD | 2026-10-15 | 27.39 | 2026-10-14 | 26.68 | 2.66 |
| BIDU | 2026-10-15 | 82.56 | 2026-10-14 | 81.86 | 0.86 |
| NTES | 2026-10-15 | 127.11 | 2026-10-14 | 123.73 | 2.73 |
| TCOM | 2026-10-15 | 39.93 | 2026-10-14 | 38.88 | 2.7 |
| NIO | 2026-10-15 | 3.5 | 2026-10-14 | 3.41 | 2.64 |
| LI | 2026-10-15 | 11.46 | 2026-10-14 | 11.26 | 1.78 |
| XPEV | 2026-10-15 | 9.63 | 2026-10-14 | 9.42 | 2.23 |
| BILI | 2026-10-15 | 14.43 | 2026-10-14 | 14.27 | 1.12 |
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