Nexqual › Markets › October 23, 2026Stock Market Today — Friday, October 23, 2026
On Friday, October 23, 2026, the S&P 500 fell 1.21% to 7,663.43, the Nasdaq Composite fell 2.60% to 26,008.86 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.02% to 52,867.98. The VIX volatility index was 19.21 (+0.95%). Best sector: Consumer Defensive (XLP +3.31%); weakest: Technology (XLK -3.29%). Top gainer: Exascale Labs Holdings Inc. (XLAB) +73.2%. Top loser: Avalo Therapeutics, Inc. (AVTX) -39.2%.
Live during the session; the closing summary is saved after 5 p.m. ET. Updated October 23, 2026 at 07:53 UTC. Prices may be delayed. Informational, not investment advice.
Major indices Index Level Change S&P 500 7,663.43 -1.21% NASDAQ 26,008.86 -2.60% Dow Jones 52,867.98 +0.02% Russell 2000 2,784.03 +0.11% VIX 19.21 +0.95%
Sectors Sector (SPDR ETF) Price Change Consumer Defensive 89.99 +3.31% Utilities 42.87 +2.07% Healthcare 181.3 +1.32% Financials 56.65 +1.09% Real Estate 42.52 +1.09% Materials 51.69 +0.72% Consumer Cyclical 115.01 -0.45% Energy 67.57 -0.87% Industrials 166.73 -0.94% Communications 107.42 -1.42% Technology 182.34 -3.29%
Biggest gainers # Symbol Company Price Change 1 XLAB Exascale Labs Holdings Inc. 4.71 +73.16% 2 BHVN Biohaven Ltd. 14.69 +25.02% 3 MLTX MoonLake Immunotherapeutics 12.34 +15.87% 4 EGBN Eagle Bancorp, Inc. 32.97 +15.56% 5 VITL Vital Farms, Inc. 9.41 +15.18% 6 POOL Pool Corporation 197.21 +14.36% 7 HCSG Healthcare Services Group, Inc. 24.79 +14.19% 8 CNXC Concentrix Corporation 34.25 +13.77% 9 BMI Badger Meter, Inc. 149.64 +13.48% 10 AVEX AEVEX Corp. 10.96 +13.22% 11 NBTX Nanobiotix S.A. 29.19 +13.01% 12 DFH Dream Finders Homes, Inc. 10.12 +12.20% 13 HPP Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. 10.58 +11.84% 14 KSS Kohl's Corporation 24.78 +11.82% 15 GSHD Goosehead Insurance, Inc. 50.62 +11.69%
Biggest losers # Symbol Company Price Change 1 AVTX Avalo Therapeutics, Inc. 7.45 -39.23% 2 NVEC NVE Corporation 68.36 -33.68% 3 TTMI TTM Technologies, Inc. 73.89 -27.67% 4 KALU Kaiser Aluminum Corporation 114.99 -25.31% 5 FPS Forgent Power Solutions, Inc. 24.92 -21.54% 6 CRS Carpenter Technology Corporatio 292.26 -20.62% 7 VPG Vishay Precision Group, Inc. 52.69 -17.86% 8 MRNA Moderna, Inc. 202.63 -17.57% 9 OII Oceaneering International, Inc. 36.62 -16.94% 10 NUAI New Era Energy & Digital, Inc. 2.78 -16.42% 11 COHU Cohu, Inc. 46.26 -16.33% 12 MTSI MACOM Technology Solutions Hold 229.73 -15.87% 13 SHAZ SharonAI Holdings, Inc. 23.59 -15.75% 14 VICR Vicor Corporation 179.99 -15.66% 15 SEI Solaris Energy Infrastructure, 58.61 -15.51%
Most active # Symbol Company Price Change 1 NOK Nokia Corporation Sponsored 7.88 -14.81% 2 SPCX Space Exploration Technologies 144.75 -9.14% 3 INTC Intel Corporation 85.49 -8.04% 4 NVDA NVIDIA Corporation 212.21 -4.40% 5 AAL American Airlines Group, Inc. 12.6 +2.98% 6 JBLU JetBlue Airways Corporation 2.65 -9.56% 7 CRWV CoreWeave, Inc. 55.6 -10.06% 8 XLAB Exascale Labs Holdings Inc. 4.71 +73.16% 9 IREN IREN LIMITED 25.51 -8.37% 10 PCG Pacific Gas & Electric Co. 12.98 -1.29% 11 NFLX Netflix, Inc. 67.05 +3.09% 12 BBD Banco Bradesco Sa 3.95 -2.47% 13 SNAP Snap Inc. 6.35 +0.00% 14 SKYD Skydance Corporation 7.79 -1.02% 15 NU Nu Holdings Ltd. 14.73 -2.13%
Global markets, commodities & crypto Market Level / Price Change FTSE 100 (UK) 10,693.94 -0.29% DAX (Germany) 25,240.54 -0.52% Nikkei 225 (Japan) 62,693.16 -0.34% Shanghai (China) 3,690.48 +0.89% Gold 4,034.2 -0.65% Crude Oil 100.41 +0.95% Copper 6.44 +0.66% Bitcoin 81,507.7 -0.76% Ethereum 2,398.66 -1.17%
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