Session brief · Tuesday, September 29, 2026 close

Stocks edged lower. 2,929 fell, 2,008 rose — and utilities bucked the tape.

9 of 11 sectors finished lower. Utilities led at +0.36%; Energy lagged at -0.93%.

The biggest liquid gainer was Stablecoin Development (SDEV), up 108.3% in healthcare.

Among benchmarks, QQQ (Nasdaq-100) did best at +0.19% and IWM (Russell 2000) did worst at -0.36%.

Written from 5,095 common stocksSource: Massive / Polygon daily aggregatesHow the brief is written
Market breadth
5,095 common stocks · previous-session close
▲ 2,008 advancing (39.4%)158 unchanged▼ 2,929 declining (57.5%)

Sectors, cap-weighted

SectorChangeRisingFalling
Utilities+0.36%6749
Technology+0.05%312300
Industrials−0.01%172234
Materials−0.02%74176
Real Estate−0.04%88128
Healthcare−0.06%346485
Consumer Discretionary−0.34%209323
Financials−0.34%226509
Consumer Staples−0.41%4171
Communication Services−0.58%4775
Energy−0.93%20103

Benchmarks

FundCloseChange
SPYS&P 500764.20−0.18%
QQQNasdaq-100737.93+0.19%
IWMRussell 2000279.01−0.36%
DIADow 30512.88−0.22%

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Common stocks · $2+ · 500K+ shares · $100M+ market cap · previous-session close. Changes compare the Sep 29, 2026 close with Sep 28, 2026; stocks with unexplained price jumps are excluded.