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Session brief · Thursday, October 22, 2026 close

Stocks slipped. 2,548 rose, 2,411 fell — and consumer staples bucked the tape.

7 of 11 sectors finished higher. Consumer Staples led at +3.32%; Technology lagged at -3.36%.

The biggest liquid gainer was Exascale Labs Holdings (XLAB), up 73.2% in technology.

Among benchmarks, IWM (Russell 2000) did best at +0.07% and QQQ (Nasdaq-100) did worst at -2.86%.

Written from 5,093 common stocksSource: Massive / Polygon daily aggregatesHow the brief is written
Market breadth
5,093 common stocks · previous-session close
▲ 2,548 advancing (50.0%)134 unchanged▼ 2,411 declining (47.3%)

Sectors, cap-weighted

SectorChangeRisingFalling
Consumer Staples+3.32%8132
Communication Services+2.17%6157
Utilities+1.62%7240
Real Estate+1.33%17838
Financials+1.04%498216
Healthcare+1.00%397432
Industrials+0.55%202202
Consumer Discretionary−0.44%354190
Energy−0.86%3091
Materials−2.16%102146
Technology−3.36%226387

Benchmarks

FundCloseChange
SPYS&P 500763.96−1.18%
QQQNasdaq-100704.47−2.86%
IWMRussell 2000276.67+0.07%
DIADow 30527.89+0.04%

Top gainers

XLABExascale Labs HoldingsTechnology$4.71+73.2%TROOTROOPSFinancials$2.32+38.9%BHVNBiohavenHealthcare$14.69+25.0%MLTXMoonLake ImmunotherapeuticsHealthcare$12.34+15.9%EGBNEagle BancorpFinancials$32.97+15.6%VITLVital FarmsConsumer Staples$9.41+15.2%

Top losers

AVTXAvalo TherapeuticsHealthcare$7.45−39.2%TTMITTM TechnologiesTechnology$73.89−27.7%KALUKaiser AluminumMaterials$114.99−25.3%FPSForgent Power SolutionsTechnology$24.92−21.5%CRSCarpenter TechnologyMaterials$292.26−20.6%VPGVishay Precision GroupTechnology$52.69−17.9%

Most active

SPCXSpace Exploration Technologies197.0M shares$144.75−9.1%MUMicron Technology32.2M shares$856.49−6.3%NVDANvidia125.4M shares$212.21−4.4%METAMeta Platforms40.6M shares$648.85−7.0%TSLATesla51.6M shares$374.58−3.1%AAPLApple46.9M shares$348.22+1.2%

Common stocks · $2+ · 500K+ shares · $100M+ market cap · previous-session close. Changes compare the Oct 22, 2026 close with Oct 21, 2026; stocks with unexplained price jumps are excluded.