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Issue #19 · Friday, July 17, 2026 | | Volatility (VIX) Cautious · 18.2 ▲ from 16.7 yesterday | | Worth noting Alphabet (GOOGL) moved -4.44% on the day. | | Stocks retreated as geopolitical tensions with Iran and weakening economic sentiment offset strength in mega-cap tech. |
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● The Numbers | S&P 500 | 7,533.77 -0.51%
-0.13% this week | | Nasdaq Composite | 25,881.95 -1.47%
-1.24% this week | | Dow Jones | 52,552.97 -0.20%
+0.12% this week | | Russell 2000 | 2,974.57 -0.06%
-0.60% this week |
Before the bell: see how Asia, Europe & US futures traded overnight → |
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● The Movers Leaders | AAPL Apple | +1.76% | | MSFT Microsoft | +1.38% | | ^RUT Russell 2000 | -0.06% |
| Laggards | GOOGL Alphabet | -4.44% | | SPCX SpaceX | -3.08% | | META Meta | -2.46% |
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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 (7,460.91) and 200-day (6,983.25) averages — the longer-term trend reads as up. 30-day range 7,266.99–7,584.31; currently in the upper third of that range. RSI(14) 67 — momentum firm. See where every market sits on the daily page → |
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Markets 101 What is the opening bell? A literal bell rung at 9:30am ET to start the NYSE session — and the closing bell ends it at 4:00pm. Companies and guests are often invited to ring it as a ceremony. |
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