Session brief · Wednesday, May 27, 2026 close

Stocks finished flat. 2,442 fell, 2,348 rose — and consumer staples bucked the tape.

7 of 11 sectors finished lower. Consumer Staples led at +1.65%; Energy lagged at -1.69%.

The biggest liquid gainer was Q32 Bio (QTTB), up 81.2% in healthcare.

Among benchmarks, DIA (Dow 30) did best at +0.32% and QQQ (Nasdaq-100) did worst at -0.11%.

Written from 4,943 common stocksSource: Massive / Polygon daily aggregatesHow the brief is written
Market breadth
4,943 common stocks · previous-session close
▲ 2,348 advancing (47.5%)153 unchanged▼ 2,442 declining (49.4%)

Sectors, cap-weighted

SectorChangeRisingFalling
Consumer Staples+1.65%7935
Consumer Discretionary+1.35%367170
Industrials+0.53%224175
Communication Services+0.33%7944
Technology−0.17%258329
Real Estate−0.18%12592
Materials−0.25%13899
Financials−0.72%234464
Healthcare−0.75%434376
Utilities−0.88%4466
Energy−1.69%15106

Benchmarks

FundCloseChange
SPYS&P 500750.46−0.02%
QQQNasdaq-100729.45−0.11%
IWMRussell 2000290.37−0.05%
DIADow 30506.88+0.32%

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Common stocks · $2+ · 500K+ shares · $100M+ market cap · previous-session close. Changes compare the May 27, 2026 close with May 26, 2026; stocks with unexplained price jumps are excluded.

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