Session brief · Friday, July 31, 2026 close

Stocks rose. 2,647 fell, 2,030 rose — but consumer staples lagged.

7 of 11 sectors finished lower. Consumer Discretionary led at +4.00%; Consumer Staples lagged at -0.92%.

The biggest liquid gainer was Tucows (TCX), up 59.2% in technology.

Among benchmarks, SPY (S&P 500) did best at +0.72% and IWM (Russell 2000) did worst at -0.48%.

Written from 4,803 common stocksSource: Massive / Polygon daily aggregatesHow the brief is written
Market breadth
4,803 common stocks · previous-session close
▲ 2,030 advancing (42.3%)126 unchanged▼ 2,647 declining (55.1%)

Sectors, cap-weighted

SectorChangeRisingFalling
Consumer Discretionary+4.00%208313
Technology+1.30%350232
Energy+0.97%11011
Industrials+0.33%185205
Financials−0.05%330343
Utilities−0.24%4268
Communication Services−0.24%5859
Healthcare−0.61%234565
Real Estate−0.67%64153
Materials−0.85%81151
Consumer Staples−0.92%3179

Benchmarks

FundCloseChange
SPYS&P 500747.03+0.72%
QQQNasdaq-100687.99+0.65%
IWMRussell 2000291.20−0.48%
DIADow 30524.32+0.54%

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Common stocks · $2+ · 500K+ shares · $100M+ market cap · previous-session close. Changes compare the Jul 31, 2026 close with Jul 30, 2026; stocks with unexplained price jumps are excluded.

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