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Energy jumps as stocks little changed

October 14, 2026

The October 13, 2026 cash session, and what is scheduled today

The S&P 500 was little changed to 7,805.45 and the Nasdaq Composite fell 0.15% to 27,204.38, with the Nasdaq-100 down 0.31%.

Breadth265 up / 237 down

LeadershipS&P 500 by 0.29pp

Member coverage100%

Futures now

Ahead of the open, S&P 500 futures are up 0.14%, Nasdaq 100 futures down 0.17%, Dow futures up 0.31% and Russell 2000 futures up 0.15% against their previous settlement. In Asia, the Nikkei 225 is little changed, the Hang Seng down 0.13% and the Shanghai Composite down 0.89%. In Europe, the Euro Stoxx 50 is up 0.57%, the DAX up 0.62% and the FTSE 100 up 0.30%. Across markets, WTI is up 1.88% at 95.91, Gold is down 0.38% at 4,161.40 and EUR/USD is up 0.35% at 1.1199.

Market	Level	Change	As of
S&P 500 futures	7,866.75	+11.00 (+0.14%)	2026-10-14
Nasdaq 100 futures	30,740.00	-51.50 (-0.17%)	2026-10-14
Dow futures	52,094.00	+159.00 (+0.31%)	2026-10-14
Russell 2000 futures	2,804.30	+4.20 (+0.15%)	2026-10-14

Where the tape closed

S&P 500

7,805.45

-1.79 (-0.02%)

5d -0.17% · 1m +2.43%

Nasdaq Composite

27,204.38

-41.52 (-0.15%)

5d -1.43% · 1m +3.89%

Nasdaq-100

30,569.48

-95.22 (-0.31%)

5d -2.10% · 1m +4.95%

VIX

15.27

+0.06 (+0.39%)

5d +1.73% · 1m -10.70%

The Session

Of the 503 S&P 500 members that printed, 265 rose and 237 fell. Energy led the sector table at +1.86% on an equal-weighted basis and Financials sat at the bottom at -0.45%. Micron Technology (MU) fell 3.62% and carried the largest share of the weighted index move. The VIX rose 0.39% to 15.27. Seven universe names reported on the session.

World news

UK resists EU pressure to hit China with tariffs - The GuardianGoogle News CN Trade
Oil prices diverge as Brent falls below $106, WTI rises; OPEC Basket jumps 4.14%Gulf News
UK resists EU pressure to hit China with tariffsGuardian Business
Canada’s economic pain caused by U.S. tariffs won’t end when Trump goes, businesses toldYorkRegion.com
Republicans face midterm backlash from factory workers squeezed out of jobs by Trump's tariffs - AP NewsAP Business

The day ahead

Economic calendar

Time	Release	Impact	Consensus	Previous
05:40 ET	Speech by Fed's Bowman	Medium	—	—
07:00 ET	MBA 30-Year Mortgage Rate	Medium	—	7.49
08:30 ET	Core Inflation Rate Month-over-Month	High	0.2	0.3
08:30 ET	Core Inflation Rate Year-over-Year	High	2.5	2.4
08:30 ET	Inflation Rate Month-over-Month	High	0.6	0.4
08:30 ET	Inflation Rate Year-over-Year	High	3.6	3.4
08:30 ET	CPI s.a	Medium	—	334.131
08:30 ET	Consumer Price Index	Medium	336.65	334.98
13:30 ET	Speech by Fed's Barkin	Medium	—	—
16:30 ET	API Weekly Crude Oil Stocks	Medium	—	-2090000.00
22:55 ET	Speech by Fed's Bowman	Medium	—	—

Reporting today

Before the open: ASML (cons. 12.47) · BAC (cons. 1.11) · MS (cons. 2.83) · BLK (cons. 14.01) · PGR (cons. 4.46) · FAST (cons. 0.34) · STT (cons. 3.65)

Overnight and across markets

Asia and Europe

Market	Level	Change	As of
Nikkei 225	67,744.29	-33.23 (-0.05%)	2026-10-14
Hang Seng	24,314.17	-31.05 (-0.13%)	2026-10-14
Shanghai Composite	3,767.23	-33.64 (-0.89%)	2026-10-14
Euro Stoxx 50	6,201.96	+34.95 (+0.57%)	2026-10-14
DAX	25,416.33	+156.43 (+0.62%)	2026-10-14
FTSE 100	10,682.58	+32.28 (+0.30%)	2026-10-14

Commodities, currencies and rates

Market	Level	Change	As of
WTI crude	95.91	+1.77 (+1.88%)	2026-10-14
Gold	4,161.40	-15.90 (-0.38%)	2026-10-14
EUR/USD	1.1199	+0.0039 (+0.35%)	2026-10-14
USD/JPY	158.44	-0.08 (-0.05%)	2026-10-14
US 10-year yield	5.21%	—	2026-10-13

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 · 2026-09-01 to 2026-10-13

Index path, three months — rebased to 100 at 2026-07-13

S&P 500 against the VIX · left axis: index level · right axis: VIX

What carried the session

Proxy: dollar-volume share among members that printed, times the move. Not official index weight.

S&P 500 — largest contributions · dollar-volume share × session move · proxy weighting

Nasdaq-100 — largest contributions · dollar-volume share × session move · proxy weighting

Ticker	Name	Session	Contribution
MUSPXNDX	Micron Technology	-3.62%	-22.4 bp
METASPXNDX	Meta Platforms	+2.63%	+10.2 bp
AMATSPXNDX	Applied Materials	-6.69%	-7.6 bp
JNJSPX	Johnson & Johnson	-5.73%	-5.3 bp
AMDSPXNDX	Advanced Micro Devices	+1.90%	+4.6 bp
NVDASPXNDX	Nvidia	+0.97%	+4.2 bp
ORCLSPX	Oracle Corporation	+4.23%	+3.5 bp
CSPX	Citigroup	-5.60%	-3.2 bp

Breadth and sectors

Sector moves equal-weighted across members that printed.

Distribution of member moves · S&P 500 members per 1% bucket

Sector read — average member move · equal-weighted across S&P 500 members that printed

Sector	Average member move	Members
Energy	+1.86%	21
Materials	+0.69%	24
Utilities	+0.61%	31
Consumer Discretionary	+0.51%	47
Communication Services	+0.37%	22
Industrials	-0.01%	83
Real Estate	-0.09%	30
Information Technology	-0.13%	75
Consumer Staples	-0.15%	34
Health Care	-0.41%	60
Financials	-0.45%	76

Largest moves

Largest moves — best and worst 6 prints

Risers

Ticker	Name	Session
CDWSPX	CDW Corporation	+5.71%
VLOSPX	Valero Energy	+4.69%
CHTRSPX	Charter Communications	+4.36%
ORCLSPX	Oracle Corporation	+4.23%
EXESPX	Expand Energy	+4.01%
PSXSPX	Phillips 66	+4.00%
MPCSPX	Marathon Petroleum	+3.96%
FSLRSPX	First Solar	+3.83%

Fallers

Ticker	Name	Session
AMATSPXNDX	Applied Materials	-6.69%
JNJSPX	Johnson & Johnson	-5.73%
CSPX	Citigroup	-5.60%
FLEXSPX	Flex Ltd.	-5.42%
DPZSPX	Domino's	-4.76%
KKRSPX	KKR & Co.	-4.75%
VRTXSPXNDX	Vertex Pharmaceuticals	-4.30%
SPCXNDX	Space Exploration Technologies Corp.	-4.21%

Earnings reported in the session

Beat and miss shown only where consensus and actual are both published.

Ticker	Name	Slot	EPS est.	Reported	Surprise	Result
JPM	J P Morgan Chase & Co	Before open	5.94	—	—	—
JNJ	Johnson & Johnson	Before open	2.53	—	—	—
UNH	UnitedHealth Group Incorporated	Before open	4.12	—	—	—
GS	The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.	Before open	12.90	—	—	—
WFC	Wells Fargo & Company	Before open	1.85	—	—	—
C	Citigroup Inc.	Before open	2.66	—	—	—
DPZ	Domino's Pizza Inc	Before open	4.33	—	—	—

Headlines in the session window

S&P’s Blistering Earnings Momentum Is Getting Hard to SustainBloomberg Markets
Nasdaq Futures Fall as Global AI Selloff IntensifiesWSJ Markets
Nasdaq ends down as chipmakers fall and bank earnings roll in - ReutersReuters Business
Asia Stocks to Gain on Signal for Fewer Fed Hikes: Markets WrapBloomberg.com
Big Banks Deliver Mixed Results to Kick Off Earnings on Wall StreetBloomberg Markets

Fed and macro

Existing Home Sales2026-10-13 · High impact
Existing Home Sales2026-10-13 · High impact

Perspectives on the Economy and the Banking Landscape - Federal Reserve Bank of BostonGoogle News US
Gold prices flat as markets await US CPI data - The Economic TimesGoogle News US
Australian Dollar gains against Japanese Yen as China CPI inflation rises in September - FXStreetGoogle News Japan
Fed’s Bowman Says Inflation Above Goal, But No Urgency to ActWSJ Markets

What to watch

Seven universe names on the next earnings calendar (ASML, BAC, MS, BLK, PGR, FAST) · scheduled US macro: Existing Home Sales (2026-10-13); Existing Home Sales (2026-10-13).

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