Session brief · Wednesday, September 2, 2026 close

Stocks rose. 3,022 rose, 1,622 fell — but real estate lagged.

10 of 11 sectors finished higher. Communication Services led at +1.73%; Real Estate lagged at -0.52%.

The biggest liquid gainer was Montauk Renewables (MNTK), up 21.0% in utilities.

Among benchmarks, IWM (Russell 2000) did best at +1.18% and QQQ (Nasdaq-100) did worst at +0.23%.

Written from 4,773 common stocksSource: Massive / Polygon daily aggregatesHow the brief is written
Market breadth
4,773 common stocks · previous-session close
▲ 3,022 advancing (63.3%)129 unchanged▼ 1,622 declining (34.0%)

Sectors, cap-weighted

SectorChangeRisingFalling
Communication Services+1.73%9422
Materials+1.13%18155
Financials+0.88%537138
Healthcare+0.79%554249
Industrials+0.70%233157
Consumer Staples+0.58%6147
Energy+0.42%7345
Technology+0.25%315254
Utilities+0.11%5358
Consumer Discretionary+0.04%337182
Real Estate−0.52%109100

Benchmarks

FundCloseChange
SPYS&P 500765.16+0.44%
QQQNasdaq-100709.24+0.23%
IWMRussell 2000294.01+1.18%
DIADow 30530.62+0.54%

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Common stocks · $2+ · 500K+ shares · $100M+ market cap · previous-session close. Changes compare the Sep 2, 2026 close with Sep 1, 2026; stocks with unexplained price jumps are excluded.

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