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Issue #69 · Monday, September 28, 2026 | | Volatility (VIX) Cautious · 16.3 ▲ from 14.9 yesterday | | Stocks edged higher as investors weigh corporate confidence signals against breadth concerns and rising Treasury yields. |
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● The Numbers | S&P 500 | 7,743.41 +0.51%
+1.21% this week | | Nasdaq Composite | 27,068.72 +0.48%
+2.06% this week | | Dow Jones | 51,828.62 +0.93%
+0.28% this week | | Russell 2000 | 2,837.55 +0.07%
-0.80% this week |
Before the bell: see how Asia, Europe & US futures traded overnight → |
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● The Movers Leaders | MSFT Microsoft | +3.66% | | AAPL Apple | +1.53% | | ^DJI Dow Jones | +0.93% |
| Laggards | META Meta | -3.33% | | TSLA Tesla | -1.54% | | ^RUT Russell 2000 | +0.07% |
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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 (7,636.09) and 200-day (7,205.20) averages — the longer-term trend reads as up. 30-day range 7,551.81–7,785.76; currently in the upper third of that range. RSI(14) 52 — momentum roughly neutral. 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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