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WHAT MOVED THE MARKET TODAY

Dow Jones Industrial Average

30 stocks · price-weighted · Oct 9, 2026 close
51,655.00
+423.36 (+0.83%)
DJIA 51,655.00 · +423.4 pts (+0.83%) 1D
51,78551,63851,49051,343prev close 51,232EW +0.71%H 51,749 · 15:00L 51,232 · open
open11:0512:4514:2016:00
5-minute bars · index reconstructed live from member prices
Breadth
22 / 30
stocks rose with the index
Concentration
50%
of the gain from GS, MSFT, V
Biggest driver
GS +76
Goldman Sachs, +1.44%
Biggest drag
HD −28
Home Depot, −1.60%
Context
87th pctile
of the past year's sessions by daily move

What drove it

30 members · drivers first · 1D · residual 0.011bp within 1bp gate

The DJIA rose 0.83% (+423 pts) on the day in a broad advance: 22 of 30 stocks rose, with GS out front at +76 points.

Read the latest market-close note: Goldman and Microsoft Push the Dow to a Large Gain While Telecoms Sink Communication Services

+531.6 pts from 22 gainers−108.3 pts from 8 losers
net +423.4 pts · gainers outweigh losers 4.9 to 1
Stock
Points
Return
DJIAsum of all 30 stocks
+423.4
100%
+0.83%
GSGoldman Sachs
+75.7
18%
+1.44%
MSFTMicrosoft
+74.1
17%
+2.38%
VVisa
+61.5
15%
+2.76%
AMZNAmazon
+49.7
12%
+3.29%
UNHUnitedHealth
+49.6
12%
+2.25%
AMGNAmgen
+44.2
10%
+1.82%
JNJJohnson & Johnson
+29.5
7%
+1.93%
CATCaterpillar
+25.5
6%
+0.54%
CSCOCisco
+20.8
5%
+3.05%
GOOGLAlphabet
+20.0
5%
+0.97%
MRKMerck
+19.1
5%
+2.26%
BABoeing
+15.6
4%
+1.40%
JPMJPMorgan Chase
+9.3
2%
+0.47%
CRMSalesforce
+7.9
2%
+0.58%
HONHoneywell
+6.7
2%
+0.55%
DISDisney
+6.1
1%
+0.96%
WMTWalmart
+4.7
1%
+0.71%
PGProcter & Gamble
+3.8
1%
+0.42%
IBMIBM
+3.1
1%
+0.23%
CVXChevron
+2.6
1%
+0.20%
KOCoca-Cola
+1.7
0%
+0.32%
AXPAmerican Express
+0.4
0%
+0.02%
NKENike
−0.2
0%
−0.09%
NVDANvidia
−7.1
−2%
−0.52%
TRVTravelers
−9.0
−2%
−0.41%
SHWSherwin-Williams
−9.9
−2%
−0.52%
MCDMcDonald's
−9.9
−2%
−0.70%
MMM3M
−21.5
−5%
−2.21%
AAPLApple
−22.5
−5%
−1.11%
HDHome Depot
−28.1
−7%
−1.60%
Price weighting, illustrated

Goldman Sachs and Boeing moved almost identically (+1.44% vs +1.40%), yet GS moved the DJIA 4.9× as much. In a price-weighted index, a higher-priced share simply outvotes a cheaper one.

Attribution map

slicing the +423 pt move · cell size = points contributed · color = direction, intensity = return
GS+75.7 pts(+1.4%)
MSFT+74.1 pts(+2.4%)
V+61.5 pts(+2.8%)
AMZN+49.7 pts(+3.3%)
UNH+49.6 pts(+2.3%)
AMGN+44.2 pts(+1.8%)
JNJ+29.5 pts
HD−28.1 pts
CAT+25.5 pts(+0.5%)
AAPL−22.5 pts(−1.1%)
MMM−21.5 pts
CSCO+20.8 pts
GOOGL+20.0 pts(+1.0%)
MRK+19.1 pts(+2.3%)
BA+15.6 pts(+1.4%)
MCD−9.9 pts
SHW−9.9 pts
JPM
TRV
CRM+7.9 pts
NVDA−7.1 pts
HON+6.7 pts
DIS+6.1 pts
WMT
IBM

Concentration curve

cumulative share of the +423 pt move · sorted by contribution
0%50%100%8152330stocks:3 stocks = 50%100% covered at 9

When they drove it

cumulative points through the period
0GS +76MSFT +74V +62HD −28AAPL −22MMM −22Oct 8Oct 9

Breadth

member returns, this period
−3%−1%+1%+3%
From −2.21% (MMM) to +3.29% (AMZN). Equal-weight, the DJIA would be +0.71% vs the actual +0.83%; the gap is what price weighting did.

By sector

point contribution · sums to +423 pts
Health Care4
+142.4
Financials5
+137.9
Information Technology6
+76.3
Industrials4
+26.3
Communication Services2
+26.2
Consumer Discretionary4
+11.5
Consumer Staples3
+10.2
Energy1
+2.6
Materials1
−9.9

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