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Issue #75 · Tuesday, October 6, 2026 | | Volatility (VIX) Cautious · 15.3 ▼ from 15.5 yesterday | | Worth noting SpaceX (SPCX) moved +7.63% on the day. | | Markets rose moderately as tech led gains; earnings and corporate actions continue reshaping sector leadership. |
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● The Numbers | S&P 500 | 7,773.95 +0.66%
+1.17% this week | | Nasdaq Composite | 27,477.31 +1.05%
+2.45% this week | | Dow Jones | 51,267.90 +0.18%
-0.41% this week | | Russell 2000 | 2,847.14 +0.50%
+1.04% this week |
Before the bell: see how Asia, Europe & US futures traded overnight → |
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● The Movers Leaders | SPCX SpaceX | +7.63% | | TSLA Tesla | +2.20% | | NVDA Nvidia | +2.12% |
| Laggards | AAPL Apple | -0.24% | | AMZN Amazon | -0.05% | | ^DJI Dow Jones | +0.18% |
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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 (7,664.88) and 200-day (7,230.69) averages — the longer-term trend reads as up. 30-day range 7,551.81–7,773.95; 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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● The Brief | | AMD, Intel gain as AI shifts to personal agents Semiconductor stocks AMD and Intel have outperformed mega-cap tech peers over the past month as investment focus moves toward personal AI agent development, broadening the beneficiaries of AI momentum beyond a narrow set of companies. (CNBC) |
| | JPMorgan upgrades Corteva after agriculture spinoff JPMorgan upgraded Corteva to overweight following the company's recent spinoff from DowDuPont, signaling confidence in the standalone agriculture business's prospects and independent strategic direction. (CNBC) |
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