Stock Market Today: AI Selloff Breaks 7,700 — Oct 16
Friday, October 16, 2026 · 4:30 PM ET · MTC Market Close The stock market today told a split story: the AI trade cracked again, and this time it dragged the S&P below a line it had been leaning on all week. The index fell 1.09% to close at 7,659.44, losing the 7,700 shelf that […]
Stock Market Today: Hot CPI Hits AI Trade — Oct 14
Wednesday, October 14, 2026 · 4:30 PM ET · MTC Market Close Hot inflation finally bit the stock market today. September CPI came in at 0.6% month over month and 3.7% year over year, with core at 0.3% and 2.6%, all hotter than the Street expected, and the market did exactly what you would expect […]
Stock Market Today: Banks Mixed, Chips Slide — Oct 13
Tuesday, October 13, 2026 · 4:30 PM ET · MTC Market Close The stock market today was a study in contradiction: the scoreboard says nothing happened, the internals say otherwise. The S&P 500 closed at 7,805.45, down a rounding error of 0.02%, while the Nasdaq slipped 0.15% to 27,204.38 and the Dow fell 0.35% to […]
Stock Market Today: Tech Slips, Energy Leads — Oct 12
Monday, October 12, 2026 · 4:30 PM ET · MTC Market Close The stock market today looked calm on the surface — a holiday-thinned Columbus Day session — but it still told you something important: the leadership is rotating. The Dow rose 0.38% to 51,850.55 while the Nasdaq slipped 0.44% to 27,245.90 and the S&P […]
Stock Market Today: S&P 500 Defends 7,800 as Yields Jump
Wednesday, October 7, 2026 · 4:30 PM ET · MTC Market Close The big story in the stock market today: the record run finally hit a wall, but the one line that mattered held. After Tuesday’s first-ever close above 7,800, the S&P 500 slipped 0.22% to 7,801.77, finishing a grand total of 1.77 points above […]
Stock Market Today: S&P 500 Clears 7,800 Record Oct 6
Tuesday, October 6, 2026 · 4:30 PM ET · MTC Market Close The big story in the stock market today: the S&P 500 printed its first-ever close above 7,800 on Tuesday, a fresh record that finally cleared the August high it had been chasing. The index rose 0.58% to 7,818.93, the Nasdaq added 0.45% to […]
Stock Market Today: Nasdaq Hits Record as AI Leads Oct 5
Monday, October 5, 2026 · 4:30 PM ET · MTC Market Close The story of the stock market today was a fresh Nasdaq record close on Monday, but you had to look away from most of the market to enjoy it. The Nasdaq Composite rose 1.05% to a record 27,477.31, led by Nvidia hitting an […]
Stock Market Today: S&P Hits 7,722 on Weak Jobs — Oct 2
Friday, October 2, 2026 · 4:30 PM ET · MTC Market Close The stock market today got the number it was supposedly dreading and rallied anyway. September payrolls came in at just 29,000 jobs against the 84,000 Wall Street expected, and the unemployment rate ticked up to 4.2%. On paper that is a weak labor […]
Stock Market Today: S&P Grinds to 7,666 Ahead of Jobs Oct 1
Thursday, October 1, 2026 · 4:30 PM ET · MTC Market Close The stock market today opened October on a green note, but you had to squint to see it. The S&P 500 clawed back from a morning loss to close up 0.19% at 7,666.45, the Nasdaq added 0.04% to 26,871.60, and the Dow inched […]
Stock Market Today: S&P Fades to 7,650 as PCE Cools Sep 30
Wednesday, September 30, 2026 · 4:30 PM ET · MTC Market Close The stock market today got the news it wanted and sold it anyway. August PCE came in cool across the board, headline at 3.4% versus 3.7% expected and core at 3.0% versus 3.3%, the 10-year backed off its 2007 high to 5.23%, and […]