CLOSE NOTE · 2026-10-30
All three major indices closed lower, and the Nasdaq underperformed the S&P 500; oil & gas exploration led while semiconductors lagged.
Archived edition, not current market data. Published: 2026-10-31T02:27:36.423Z
The S&P 500 fell 1.82%, the Nasdaq fell 2.86% and the Dow fell 1.09%. 6 of 11 sector ETFs and 1 of 8 theme ETFs closed higher; Oil & Gas Exploration (XOP +2.13%) was strongest and Semiconductors (SMH -6.98%) weakest.
S&P 500
7,580.07-1.82% ↗Nasdaq Composite
25,437.00-2.86% ↗Dow Jones Industrial Average
51,770.31-1.09% ↗Sector structure
Oil & Gas Exploration led; Semiconductors lagged
VIX: 19.42 · Cboe daily close · 2026-10-30; comparison date: 2026-10-29
Leaders and laggards
Top and bottom three sector proxies by close-over-close change on this session; pending proxies are excluded.
Top 3
- Oil & Gas Exploration XOP+2.13%
- Energy XLE+1.91%
- Consumer Staples XLP+1.41%
Bottom 3
- Semiconductors SMH-6.98%
- Gold Miners GDX-5.21%
- Information Technology XLK-4.89%
Stock moves
Trip.com TCOM+2.67%NetEase NTES+1.37%JD.com JD+0.20%PDD Holdings PDD-0.85%Tesla TSLA-0.87%Li Auto LI-0.99%Apple AAPL-1.23%Alphabet GOOGL-1.40%Amazon AMZN-1.41%Bilibili BILI-1.48%Alibaba BABA-1.51%Meta META-1.53%XPeng XPEV-1.53%Microsoft MSFT-1.55%Baidu BIDU-2.86%NIO NIO-3.31%NVIDIA NVDA-4.22%Broadcom AVGO-5.48%
What to watch next
- Breadth check: 6 of 11 GICS sector proxies rose on 2026-10-30 versus 9 of 11 on 2026-10-29.
- VIX closed at 19.42, up 12.91% 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 | 2026-10-30 | 7580.07 | 2026-10-29 | 7720.39 | -1.82 |
| COMP | 2026-10-30 | 25437 | 2026-10-29 | 26184.72 | -2.86 |
| DJIA | 2026-10-30 | 51770.31 | 2026-10-29 | 52342.56 | -1.09 |
| XLK | 2026-10-30 | 179.51 | 2026-10-29 | 188.74 | -4.89 |
| XLF | 2026-10-30 | 56.51 | 2026-10-29 | 56.94 | -0.76 |
| XLE | 2026-10-30 | 70.02 | 2026-10-29 | 68.71 | 1.91 |
| XLV | 2026-10-30 | 184.87 | 2026-10-29 | 184.04 | 0.45 |
| XLI | 2026-10-30 | 167.4 | 2026-10-29 | 170.13 | -1.6 |
| XLY | 2026-10-30 | 115.38 | 2026-10-29 | 116.2 | -0.71 |
| XLP | 2026-10-30 | 89.42 | 2026-10-29 | 88.18 | 1.41 |
| XLU | 2026-10-30 | 43.43 | 2026-10-29 | 43.14 | 0.67 |
| XLB | 2026-10-30 | 52.74 | 2026-10-29 | 52.53 | 0.4 |
| XLRE | 2026-10-30 | 43.17 | 2026-10-29 | 43.06 | 0.26 |
| XLC | 2026-10-30 | 99.9 | 2026-10-29 | 101.21 | -1.29 |
| SMH | 2026-10-30 | 522.49 | 2026-10-29 | 561.67 | -6.98 |
| IGV | 2026-10-30 | 104.29 | 2026-10-29 | 107.97 | -3.41 |
| XBI | 2026-10-30 | 155.98 | 2026-10-29 | 157.79 | -1.15 |
| KRE | 2026-10-30 | 72.01 | 2026-10-29 | 72.86 | -1.17 |
| XHB | 2026-10-30 | 100.97 | 2026-10-29 | 101.27 | -0.3 |
| XRT | 2026-10-30 | 88.72 | 2026-10-29 | 89.01 | -0.33 |
| XOP | 2026-10-30 | 203.76 | 2026-10-29 | 199.52 | 2.13 |
| GDX | 2026-10-30 | 77.09 | 2026-10-29 | 81.33 | -5.21 |
| VIX | 2026-10-30 | 19.42 | 2026-10-29 | 17.2 | 12.91 |
| NVDA | 2026-10-30 | 204.64 | 2026-10-29 | 213.66 | -4.22 |
| AAPL | 2026-10-30 | 344.63 | 2026-10-29 | 348.91 | -1.23 |
| MSFT | 2026-10-30 | 521.91 | 2026-10-29 | 530.14 | -1.55 |
| GOOGL | 2026-10-30 | 279.84 | 2026-10-29 | 283.82 | -1.4 |
| AMZN | 2026-10-30 | 240.35 | 2026-10-29 | 243.79 | -1.41 |
| META | 2026-10-30 | 614.99 | 2026-10-29 | 624.52 | -1.53 |
| TSLA | 2026-10-30 | 399.81 | 2026-10-29 | 403.3 | -0.87 |
| AVGO | 2026-10-30 | 326.08 | 2026-10-29 | 345 | -5.48 |
| BABA | 2026-10-30 | 98.04 | 2026-10-29 | 99.54 | -1.51 |
| PDD | 2026-10-30 | 78.61 | 2026-10-29 | 79.28 | -0.85 |
| JD | 2026-10-30 | 25.68 | 2026-10-29 | 25.63 | 0.2 |
| BIDU | 2026-10-30 | 76.4 | 2026-10-29 | 78.65 | -2.86 |
| NTES | 2026-10-30 | 113.64 | 2026-10-29 | 112.1 | 1.37 |
| TCOM | 2026-10-30 | 39.59 | 2026-10-29 | 38.56 | 2.67 |
| NIO | 2026-10-30 | 3.21 | 2026-10-29 | 3.32 | -3.31 |
| LI | 2026-10-30 | 11.03 | 2026-10-29 | 11.14 | -0.99 |
| XPEV | 2026-10-30 | 9.04 | 2026-10-29 | 9.18 | -1.53 |
| BILI | 2026-10-30 | 12.68 | 2026-10-29 | 12.87 | -1.48 |
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