The October 2, 2026 cash session, and what is scheduled today
The S&P 500 rose 0.73% to 7,722.72 and the Nasdaq Composite rose 1.19% to 27,190.86, with the Nasdaq-100 up 1.00%.
Breadth293 up / 207 down
LeadershipNasdaq-100 by 0.27pp
Member coverage100%
Futures now
Ahead of the open, S&P 500 futures are little changed, Nasdaq 100 futures down 0.10%, Dow futures little changed and Russell 2000 futures up 0.16% against their previous settlement. In Asia, the Nikkei 225 is up 2.40% and the Hang Seng up 0.28%. In Europe, the Euro Stoxx 50 is up 0.10%, the DAX up 0.22% and the FTSE 100 up 0.58%. Across markets, WTI is down 0.98% at 90.22, Gold is up 0.57% at 4,186.00 and EUR/USD is down 0.35% at 1.1211.
Market
Level
Change
As of
S&P 500 futures
7,774.25
-3.00 (-0.04%)
2026-10-05
Nasdaq 100 futures
31,030.25
-31.50 (-0.10%)
2026-10-05
Dow futures
51,462.00
-15.00 (-0.03%)
2026-10-05
Russell 2000 futures
2,855.40
+4.50 (+0.16%)
2026-10-05
Where the tape closed
S&P 500
7,722.72
+56.27 (+0.73%)
5d -0.27% · 1m +0.73%
Nasdaq Composite
27,190.86
+319.26 (+1.19%)
5d +0.45% · 1m +3.71%
Nasdaq-100
30,807.93
+306.37 (+1.00%)
5d +0.65% · 1m +5.71%
VIX
15.31
-1.08 (-6.59%)
5d +2.96% · 1m +6.91%
The Session
Of the 503 S&P 500 members that printed, 293 rose and 207 fell. Information Technology led the sector table at +0.94% on an equal-weighted basis and Financials sat at the bottom at -0.28%. Seagate Technology (STX) fell 10.21% and carried the largest share of the weighted index move. The VIX fell 6.59% to 15.31.
No universe name on the reporting calendar for today.
Overnight and across markets
Asia and Europe
Market
Level
Change
As of
Nikkei 225
69,946.86
+1,637.40 (+2.40%)
2026-10-05
Hang Seng
24,040.34
+68.05 (+0.28%)
2026-10-05
Shanghai Composite
3,842.20
+11.74 (+0.31%)
2026-09-30 last print
Euro Stoxx 50
6,245.01
+6.51 (+0.10%)
2026-10-05
DAX
25,286.42
+55.22 (+0.22%)
2026-10-05
FTSE 100
10,522.84
+60.84 (+0.58%)
2026-10-05
Commodities, currencies and rates
Market
Level
Change
As of
WTI crude
90.22
-0.89 (-0.98%)
2026-10-05
Gold
4,186.00
+23.70 (+0.57%)
2026-10-05
EUR/USD
1.1211
-0.0039 (-0.35%)
2026-10-05
USD/JPY
158.24
+0.31 (+0.20%)
2026-10-05
US 10-year yield
5.28%
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2026-10-02
Where the indices sit
S&P 500 daily bars for the last 30 sessions, then three months of closes rebased to 100.
S&P 500 — last 30 sessions · daily OHLC · 2026-08-21 to 2026-10-02S&P 500 — last 30 sessions | Latest: 7723 (2026-10-02) O 7726 H 7755 L 7701 C 7723 | Range: 7508–7782 | Source: Daily OHLC
Index path, three months — rebased to 100 at 2026-07-01Index path, three months — rebased to 100 at 2026-07-01 | Latest (2026-10-02): S&P 500 103.2; Nasdaq Composite 104.4 | Range: 93.87–104.6 | Source: Daily closes
S&P 500 against the VIX · left axis: index level · right axis: VIXS&P 500 against the VIX | Latest: 7723 (2026-10-02) | Range: 7316–7799 | Source: Daily closes | Trend(5pt): 7483,7413,7692,7592,7723 | VIX: 15.31 (range 14.21–20.66)
What carried the session
Proxy: dollar-volume share among members that printed, times the move. Not official index weight.
Sector moves equal-weighted across members that printed.
Distribution of member moves · S&P 500 members per 1% bucketDistribution of member moves | ≤-3: 14, -3:-2: 20, -2:-1: 49, -1:0: 124, 0:+1: 152, +1:+2: 83, +2:+3: 32, ≥+3: 29 | Range: 14–152 | Source: Session closes
Sector read — average member move · equal-weighted across S&P 500 members that printedSector read — average member move | Info Tech: 0.94%, Industrials: 0.65%, Energy: 0.41%, Utilities: 0.4%, Comm Svcs: 0.36%, Staples: 0.28%, Materials: 0.18%, Health Care: 0.12%, Real Est: 0.02%, Cons Disc: 0.02%, Financials: -0.28% | Range: -0.28%–0.94% | Source: Session closes
Sector
Average member move
Members
Information Technology
+0.94%
74
Industrials
+0.65%
83
Energy
+0.41%
21
Utilities
+0.40%
31
Communication Services
+0.36%
23
Consumer Staples
+0.28%
33
Materials
+0.18%
25
Health Care
+0.12%
60
Real Estate
+0.02%
30
Consumer Discretionary
+0.02%
47
Financials
-0.28%
76
Largest moves
Largest moves — best and worst 6 printsLargest moves — best and worst 6 prints | TER: 8%, HPE: 7.36%, SPCX: 7.35%, ECHO: 6.8%, ON: 6.01%, MPWR: 5.79%, APP: -4.65%, ALNY: -4.96%, CTVA: -5.17%, ACN: -6.31%, STX: -10.21%, WDC: -10.22% | Range: -10.22%–8% | Source: Session closes
Risers
Ticker
Name
Session
TERSPXNDX
Teradyne
+8.00%
HPESPX
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
+7.36%
SPCXNDX
Space Exploration Technologies Corp.
+7.35%
ECHOSPX
EchoStar
+6.80%
ONSPX
ON Semiconductor
+6.01%
MPWRSPXNDX
Monolithic Power Systems
+5.79%
COHRSPX
Coherent Corp.
+5.59%
NTAPSPX
NetApp
+5.22%
Fallers
Ticker
Name
Session
WDCSPXNDX
Western Digital
-10.22%
STXSPXNDX
Seagate Technology
-10.21%
ACNSPX
Accenture
-6.31%
CTVASPX
Corteva
-5.17%
ALNYNDX
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
-4.96%
APPSPXNDX
AppLovin
-4.65%
FDSSPX
FactSet
-4.18%
ITSPX
Gartner
-4.15%
Earnings reported in the session
Beat and miss shown only where consensus and actual are both published.
No universe names in the earnings feed for this session.
scheduled US macro: Headline Unemployment Rate (2026-10-02); Payroll Jobs Growth (2026-10-02); Headline Unemployment Rate (2026-10-02).
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