Session brief · Tuesday, October 6, 2026 close

Stocks rose. 2,517 fell, 2,409 rose — but healthcare lagged.

10 of 11 sectors finished higher. Utilities led at +2.32%; Healthcare lagged at -0.60%.

The biggest liquid gainer was Option Care Health (OPCH), up 32.6% in healthcare.

Among benchmarks, SPY (S&P 500) did best at +0.55% and IWM (Russell 2000) did worst at -0.72%.

Written from 5,094 common stocksSource: Massive / Polygon daily aggregatesHow the brief is written
Market breadth
5,094 common stocks · previous-session close
▲ 2,409 advancing (47.3%)168 unchanged▼ 2,517 declining (49.4%)

Sectors, cap-weighted

SectorChangeRisingFalling
Utilities+2.32%9918
Consumer Discretionary+1.07%325216
Materials+1.05%15694
Industrials+0.90%232174
Real Estate+0.89%14667
Communication Services+0.79%7645
Consumer Staples+0.62%6745
Technology+0.52%284327
Energy+0.27%6956
Financials+0.15%331393
Healthcare−0.60%217610

Benchmarks

FundCloseChange
SPYS&P 500779.09+0.55%
QQQNasdaq-100759.66+0.46%
IWMRussell 2000281.34−0.72%
DIADow 30514.56+0.48%

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Common stocks · $2+ · 500K+ shares · $100M+ market cap · previous-session close. Changes compare the Oct 6, 2026 close with Oct 5, 2026; stocks with unexplained price jumps are excluded.