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Session brief · Wednesday, October 21, 2026 close

Stocks rose. 2,518 rose, 2,396 fell — but communication services lagged.

7 of 11 sectors finished higher. Technology led at +1.30%; Communication Services lagged at -1.94%.

The biggest liquid gainer was Better Home & Finance Holding (BETR), up 30.2% in financials.

Among benchmarks, QQQ (Nasdaq-100) did best at +1.05% and IWM (Russell 2000) did worst at +0.25%.

Written from 5,087 common stocksSource: Massive / Polygon daily aggregatesHow the brief is written
Market breadth
5,087 common stocks · previous-session close
▲ 2,518 advancing (49.5%)173 unchanged▼ 2,396 declining (47.1%)

Sectors, cap-weighted

SectorChangeRisingFalling
Technology+1.30%433179
Financials+0.56%369334
Industrials+0.49%253144
Utilities+0.41%5656
Consumer Discretionary+0.33%222320
Materials+0.15%140105
Energy+0.13%6656
Healthcare−0.37%376449
Real Estate−0.89%62154
Consumer Staples−1.05%2885
Communication Services−1.94%4575

Benchmarks

FundCloseChange
SPYS&P 500773.09+0.53%
QQQNasdaq-100725.20+1.05%
IWMRussell 2000276.48+0.25%
DIADow 30527.70+0.64%

Top gainers

BETRBetter Home & Finance HoldingFinancials$15.58+30.2%CYPHCypherpunk TechnologiesHealthcare$3.33+18.5%HURATuHURA BiosciencesHealthcare$2.09+18.5%NUAINew Era Energy & DigitalEnergy$3.32+17.7%ASSTStriveFinancials$30.75+13.6%ACCVAccelevation HoldingsUnclassified$13.93+13.2%

Top losers

AVEXAEVEXConsumer Discretionary$9.68−32.5%TKNOAlpha TeknovaHealthcare$5.85−20.8%RCUSArcus BiosciencesHealthcare$19.10−19.6%RAPPRapport TherapeuticsHealthcare$25.06−14.7%MDXGMiMedx GroupHealthcare$3.74−11.6%IARTIntegra LifeSciencesHealthcare$11.84−11.2%

Most active

SPCXSpace Exploration Technologies220.8M shares$159.31+7.8%METAMeta Platforms29.2M shares$697.52+0.5%NVDANvidia87.1M shares$221.97+2.5%MUMicron Technology21.0M shares$913.67+2.0%TSLATesla48.9M shares$386.47+3.4%AAPLApple35.6M shares$343.99+1.3%

Common stocks · $2+ · 500K+ shares · $100M+ market cap · previous-session close. Changes compare the Oct 21, 2026 close with Oct 20, 2026; stocks with unexplained price jumps are excluded.