Session brief · Friday, October 9, 2026 close

Stocks rose. 2,471 rose, 2,463 fell — but communication services lagged.

9 of 11 sectors finished higher. Healthcare led at +1.64%; Communication Services lagged at -4.34%.

The biggest liquid gainer was Nautilus Biotechnolgy (NAUT), up 23.6% in healthcare.

Among benchmarks, DIA (Dow 30) did best at +0.87% and QQQ (Nasdaq-100) did worst at +0.49%.

Written from 5,078 common stocksSource: Massive / Polygon daily aggregatesHow the brief is written
Market breadth
5,078 common stocks · previous-session close
▲ 2,471 advancing (48.7%)144 unchanged▼ 2,463 declining (48.5%)

Sectors, cap-weighted

SectorChangeRisingFalling
Healthcare+1.64%573254
Real Estate+1.46%110107
Consumer Discretionary+1.27%265279
Materials+1.11%100147
Industrials+0.77%194208
Financials+0.71%206524
Technology+0.66%364250
Utilities+0.45%6748
Consumer Staples+0.03%5258
Energy−0.23%5270
Communication Services−4.34%2892

Benchmarks

FundCloseChange
SPYS&P 500778.57+0.60%
QQQNasdaq-100751.27+0.49%
IWMRussell 2000278.94+0.49%
DIADow 30516.11+0.87%

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Common stocks · $2+ · 500K+ shares · $100M+ market cap · previous-session close. Changes compare the Oct 9, 2026 close with Oct 8, 2026; stocks with unexplained price jumps are excluded.