CLOSE NOTE · 2026-10-29
All three major indices closed lower, and the Nasdaq underperformed the S&P 500; homebuilders led while software lagged.
Archived edition, not current market data. Published: 2026-10-30T02:39:27.739Z
The S&P 500 fell 0.30%, the Nasdaq fell 1.38% and the Dow fell 0.25%. 9 of 11 sector ETFs and 4 of 8 theme ETFs closed higher; Homebuilders (XHB +3.37%) was strongest and Software (IGV -3.52%) weakest.
S&P 500
7,720.39-0.3% ↗Nasdaq Composite
26,184.72-1.38% ↗Dow Jones Industrial Average
52,342.56-0.25% ↗Sector structure
Homebuilders led; Software lagged
VIX: 17.20 · Cboe daily close · 2026-10-29; comparison date: 2026-10-28
Leaders and laggards
Top and bottom three sector proxies by close-over-close change on this session; pending proxies are excluded.
Top 3
- Homebuilders XHB+3.37%
- Retail XRT+2.62%
- Health Care XLV+2.40%
Bottom 3
- Software IGV-3.52%
- Gold Miners GDX-3.12%
- Communication Services XLC-1.87%
Stock moves
PDD Holdings PDD+2.34%Meta META+1.96%Apple AAPL+1.48%JD.com JD+0.71%NIO NIO0.00%Trip.com TCOM-0.03%Microsoft MSFT-0.16%Tesla TSLA-0.23%Bilibili BILI-0.23%NetEase NTES-0.31%NVIDIA NVDA-0.80%Baidu BIDU-1.07%Alibaba BABA-1.41%XPeng XPEV-1.50%Broadcom AVGO-1.94%Li Auto LI-2.19%Amazon AMZN-4.25%Alphabet GOOGL-12.64%
What to watch next
- Breadth check: 9 of 11 GICS sector proxies rose on 2026-10-29 versus 6 of 11 on 2026-10-28.
- VIX closed at 17.20, up 1.71% on the session (Cboe daily close, same source dates as the indices).
- Next macro checkpoint: U.S. Employment Situation / Nonfarm Payrolls (October 2026 data), Nov 6, 2026, 9:30 PM GMT+8.
View calculation evidence
| Symbol | Date | Close | Prior date | Prior close | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPX | 2026-10-29 | 7720.39 | 2026-10-28 | 7743.98 | -0.3 |
| COMP | 2026-10-29 | 26184.72 | 2026-10-28 | 26549.85 | -1.38 |
| DJIA | 2026-10-29 | 52342.56 | 2026-10-28 | 52475.1 | -0.25 |
| XLK | 2026-10-29 | 188.74 | 2026-10-28 | 191 | -1.18 |
| XLF | 2026-10-29 | 56.94 | 2026-10-28 | 56.13 | 1.44 |
| XLE | 2026-10-29 | 68.71 | 2026-10-28 | 68.45 | 0.38 |
| XLV | 2026-10-29 | 184.04 | 2026-10-28 | 179.72 | 2.4 |
| XLI | 2026-10-29 | 170.13 | 2026-10-28 | 168.49 | 0.97 |
| XLY | 2026-10-29 | 116.2 | 2026-10-28 | 115.33 | 0.75 |
| XLP | 2026-10-29 | 88.18 | 2026-10-28 | 86.84 | 1.54 |
| XLU | 2026-10-29 | 43.14 | 2026-10-28 | 42.49 | 1.53 |
| XLB | 2026-10-29 | 52.53 | 2026-10-28 | 51.86 | 1.29 |
| XLRE | 2026-10-29 | 43.06 | 2026-10-28 | 42.13 | 2.21 |
| XLC | 2026-10-29 | 101.21 | 2026-10-28 | 103.14 | -1.87 |
| SMH | 2026-10-29 | 561.67 | 2026-10-28 | 567.67 | -1.06 |
| IGV | 2026-10-29 | 107.97 | 2026-10-28 | 111.91 | -3.52 |
| XBI | 2026-10-29 | 157.79 | 2026-10-28 | 157.51 | 0.18 |
| KRE | 2026-10-29 | 72.86 | 2026-10-28 | 72.11 | 1.04 |
| XHB | 2026-10-29 | 101.27 | 2026-10-28 | 97.97 | 3.37 |
| XRT | 2026-10-29 | 89.01 | 2026-10-28 | 86.74 | 2.62 |
| XOP | 2026-10-29 | 199.52 | 2026-10-28 | 200.37 | -0.42 |
| GDX | 2026-10-29 | 81.33 | 2026-10-28 | 83.95 | -3.12 |
| VIX | 2026-10-29 | 17.2 | 2026-10-28 | 16.91 | 1.71 |
| NVDA | 2026-10-29 | 213.66 | 2026-10-28 | 215.38 | -0.8 |
| AAPL | 2026-10-29 | 348.91 | 2026-10-28 | 343.83 | 1.48 |
| MSFT | 2026-10-29 | 530.14 | 2026-10-28 | 531.01 | -0.16 |
| GOOGL | 2026-10-29 | 283.82 | 2026-10-28 | 324.89 | -12.64 |
| AMZN | 2026-10-29 | 243.79 | 2026-10-28 | 254.6 | -4.25 |
| META | 2026-10-29 | 624.52 | 2026-10-28 | 612.49 | 1.96 |
| TSLA | 2026-10-29 | 403.3 | 2026-10-28 | 404.22 | -0.23 |
| AVGO | 2026-10-29 | 345 | 2026-10-28 | 351.81 | -1.94 |
| BABA | 2026-10-29 | 99.54 | 2026-10-28 | 100.96 | -1.41 |
| PDD | 2026-10-29 | 79.28 | 2026-10-28 | 77.47 | 2.34 |
| JD | 2026-10-29 | 25.63 | 2026-10-28 | 25.45 | 0.71 |
| BIDU | 2026-10-29 | 78.65 | 2026-10-28 | 79.5 | -1.07 |
| NTES | 2026-10-29 | 112.1 | 2026-10-28 | 112.45 | -0.31 |
| TCOM | 2026-10-29 | 38.56 | 2026-10-28 | 38.57 | -0.03 |
| NIO | 2026-10-29 | 3.32 | 2026-10-28 | 3.32 | 0 |
| LI | 2026-10-29 | 11.14 | 2026-10-28 | 11.39 | -2.19 |
| XPEV | 2026-10-29 | 9.18 | 2026-10-28 | 9.32 | -1.5 |
| BILI | 2026-10-29 | 12.87 | 2026-10-28 | 12.9 | -0.23 |
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