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Issue #18 · Thursday, July 16, 2026 | | Volatility (VIX) Cautious · 16.0 ▲ from 15.7 yesterday | | Worth noting Apple (AAPL) moved +4.01% on the day. | | Stocks edged higher as major earnings reports from asset managers and healthcare giants showed resilience amid mixed consumer spending trends. |
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● The Numbers | S&P 500 | 7,572.40 +0.38%
+1.20% this week | | Nasdaq Composite | 26,269.23 +0.62%
+1.54% this week | | Dow Jones | 52,658.64 +0.29%
+0.59% this week | | Russell 2000 | 2,976.26 +0.39%
+0.67% this week |
Before the bell: see how Asia, Europe & US futures traded overnight → |
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● The Movers Leaders | AAPL Apple | +4.01% | | GOOGL Alphabet | +3.17% | | META Meta | +3.07% |
| Laggards | SPCX SpaceX | -0.60% | | TSLA Tesla | -0.43% | | ^DJI Dow Jones | +0.29% |
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The day's best and worst of the tracked indices and mega-caps · day-over-day change. |
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● The Read S&P 500 — description, not prediction Trading above both its 50-day (7,454.25) and 200-day (6,978.80) averages — the longer-term trend reads as up. 30-day range 7,266.99–7,609.78; currently in the upper third of that range. RSI(14) 72 — traditionally described as overbought. See where every market sits on the daily page → |
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Markets 101 Why do US markets open at 9:30am ET? The New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq run their main session 9:30am–4:00pm Eastern on weekdays. Trading also happens pre-market and after-hours, but in thinner, choppier volume. |
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