Stock Market — Wednesday, October 21, 2026

On Wednesday, October 21, 2026, the S&P 500 rose 0.58% to 7,757.17, the Nasdaq Composite rose 1.05% to 26,702.86 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.69% to 52,856.09. The VIX volatility index was 16.68 (-3.64%). Best sector: Technology (XLK +1.67%); weakest: Communications (XLC -1.11%). Top gainer: Cypherpunk Technologies Inc. (CYPH) +18.5%. Top loser: AEVEX Corp. (AVEX) -32.5%.

Closing summary compiled by Nexqual at Wed, 21 Oct 2026 21:07:51 GMT. Prices may be delayed. Informational, not investment advice.

Major indices

Index	Level	Change
S&P 500	7,757.17	+0.58%
NASDAQ	26,702.86	+1.05%
Dow Jones	52,856.09	+0.69%
Russell 2000	2,781.02	+0.27%
VIX	16.68	-3.64%

Sectors

Sector (SPDR ETF)	Price	Change
Technology	188.54	+1.67%
Industrials	168.31	+0.91%
Financials	56.04	+0.57%
Utilities	42	+0.29%
Energy	68.16	+0.28%
Materials	51.32	+0.18%
Consumer Cyclical	115.53	+0.03%
Healthcare	178.94	-0.49%
Consumer Defensive	87.11	-0.73%
Real Estate	42.06	-0.76%
Communications	108.97	-1.11%

Biggest gainers

#	Symbol	Company	Price	Change
1	CYPH	Cypherpunk Technologies Inc.	3.33	+18.51%
2	NUAI	New Era Energy & Digital, Inc.	3.32	+17.73%
3	ASST	Strive, Inc.	30.75	+13.64%
4	ACCV	Accelevation Holdings Corp.	13.93	+13.16%
5	ENVX	Enovix Corporation	2.54	+12.89%
6	ABTC	American Bitcoin Corp.	8.64	+12.50%
7	SWRD	STEWARDS INC	2.63	+11.91%
8	ALMR	Alamar Biosciences, Inc.	31.45	+11.68%
9	ELMT	The Elmet Group Co.	21.23	+11.50%
10	SKYD	Skydance Corporation	7.87	+10.85%
11	RCEL	Avita Medical, Inc.	15.29	+10.80%
12	ABSI	Absci Corporation	10.04	+10.69%
13	WGO	Winnebago Industries, Inc.	25.64	+10.66%
14	NTSK	Netskope, Inc.	21.81	+10.04%
15	INOD	Innodata Inc.	60.56	+10.02%

Biggest losers

#	Symbol	Company	Price	Change
1	AVEX	AEVEX Corp.	9.68	-32.50%
2	TKNO	Alpha Teknova, Inc.	5.85	-20.84%
3	RCUS	Arcus Biosciences, Inc.	19.1	-19.58%
4	RAPP	Rapport Therapeutics, Inc.	25.06	-14.67%
5	MDXG	MiMedx Group, Inc	3.74	-11.58%
6	IART	Integra LifeSciences Holdings C	11.84	-11.18%
7	CAPR	Capricor Therapeutics, Inc.	5.88	-11.04%
8	PRE	Prenetics Global Limited	16.73	-10.20%
9	LAD	Lithia Motors, Inc.	269.13	-10.15%
10	TLX	Telix Pharmaceuticals Limited	10.03	-10.13%
11	FUN	Six Flags Entertainment Corpora	7.07	-10.05%
12	CD	Chaince Digital Holdings Inc. -	7.67	-9.50%
13	CTBI	Community Trust Bancorp, Inc.	68.33	-9.26%
14	TAL	TAL Education Group	10.55	-8.89%
15	AVIR	Atea Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	4.08	-8.62%

Most active

#	Symbol	Company	Price	Change
1	SPCX	Space Exploration Technologies	159.31	+7.79%
2	NFLX	Netflix, Inc.	65.04	-5.31%
3	NVDA	NVIDIA Corporation	221.97	+2.54%
4	SMCI	Super Micro Computer, Inc.	35.57	+9.55%
5	AAL	American Airlines Group, Inc.	12.24	+1.03%
6	T	AT&T Inc.	21.91	-6.45%
7	CRWV	CoreWeave, Inc.	61.82	-0.50%
8	NOK	Nokia Corporation Sponsored	9.25	+2.55%
9	INTC	Intel Corporation	92.96	+1.39%
10	NU	Nu Holdings Ltd.	15.05	-0.27%
11	IREN	IREN LIMITED	27.84	+4.58%
12	SKYD	Skydance Corporation	7.87	+10.85%
13	GRAB	Grab Holdings Limited	2.82	-2.42%
14	WULF	TeraWulf Inc.	12.76	+6.24%
15	ITUB	Itau Unibanco Banco Holding SA	9.7	+0.00%

Earnings results captured

Symbol	Period	EPS	Revenue	Source
CACI	Q1 2027	$7.66	$2.47B	SEC 8-K filing
KMI	Q3 2026	$0.35	$4.53B	SEC 8-K filing
META	Q3 2026	$3.83	$64.60B	SEC 8-K filing
CSX	Q3 2026	$0.57	$4.02B	SEC 8-K filing
TXN	Q3 2026	$2.62	$6.05B	Press release
TDY	Q3 2026	$6.72	$1.68B	SEC 8-K filing
CME	Q3 2026	$3.02	$1.74B	SEC 8-K filing
WAB	Q3 2026	$2.83	$3.12B	SEC 8-K filing
SF	Q3 2026	$1.46	$1.43B	Press release
T	Q3 2026	$0.65	$32.30B	Press release
TMO	Q3 2026	$4.64	$12.14B	SEC 8-K filing

Largest insider sales (SEC Form 4)

Symbol	Insider	Role	Value	10b5-1 plan	Insider type
CVX	R. Pate	Chief Legal Officer	$9.8M	Yes	Too little history
GTLB	Sytse Sijbrandij	Director	$6.2M	Yes	Routine
UTHR	Martine Rothblatt	Chair & CEO	$5.3M	Yes	Opportunistic
IBTA	Bryan Leach	CEO	$3.0M	Yes	Too little history
CRDO	William Brennan	CEO	$2.9M	Yes	Routine
PINS	Benjamin Silbermann	Director	$2.1M	Yes	Too little history
HUBS	Brian Halligan	Director	$2.0M	Yes	Routine
PCTY	Steven Sarowitz	Director	$1.7M	Yes	Opportunistic
VRSN	D Bidzos	Chair & CEO	$1.0M	Yes	Opportunistic

Insider purchases (SEC Form 4)

Symbol	Insider	Role	Value		Insider type
CRBG	Nippon Life Insurance Co	10% owner	$5.6M	—	Too little history

Insider type uses each insider’s open-market trades in that stock over the past three calendar years: routine if they traded in the same month every year, opportunistic if they traded every year with no such pattern (Cohen, Malloy & Pomorski, Journal of Finance, 2012, found opportunistic trades predicted returns; routine ones did not).

Global markets, commodities & crypto

Market	Level / Price	Change
FTSE 100 (UK)	10,752.88	+0.19%
DAX (Germany)	25,645.04	+1.35%
Nikkei 225 (Japan)	64,621.24	+0.85%
Shanghai (China)	3,713.03	-0.60%
Gold	4,158.2	+0.38%
Crude Oil	97.72	-0.10%
Copper	6.58	-0.42%
Bitcoin	84,591.21	+2.07%
Ethereum	2,489	+1.40%

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