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WHAT MOVED THE MARKET TODAY

Magnificent Seven

7 stocks · cap-weighted, ETF-derived weights · Oct 9, 2026 close
73.73
+0.70 (+0.96%)
MAGS 73.73 · +0.7 pts (+0.96%) 1D
73.9573.7073.4673.21prev close 73.03EW +0.97%H 73.87 · 12:50L 73.03 · open
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5-minute bars · index reconstructed live from member prices
Breadth
4 / 7
stocks rose with the index
Concentration
100%+
of the gain from AMZN, MSFT, TSLA
Biggest driver
AMZN +0.34
Amazon.com, Inc., +3.29%
Biggest drag
AAPL −0.11
Apple Inc., −1.11%
Context
76th pctile
of the past year's sessions by daily move

What drove it

7 members · drivers first · 1D · residual 2.0bp within 60bp gate

The MAGS rose 0.96% (+0.70 pts) on the day, but 3 of 7 members went the other way. AMZN and MSFT carried the tape higher, contributing more than the entire move.

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

+0.9 pts from 4 gainers−0.2 pts from 3 losers
net +0.7 pts · gainers outweigh losers 4.6 to 1
Stock
Points
Return
MAGSsum of all 7 stocks
+0.7
100%
+0.96%
AMZNAmazon.com, Inc.
+0.3
48%
+3.29%
MSFTMicrosoft Corporation
+0.2
35%
+2.38%
TSLATesla, Inc.
+0.2
31%
+2.05%
GOOGLAlphabet Inc.
+0.1
14%
+0.97%
METAMeta Platforms, Inc.
−0.0
−4%
−0.31%
NVDANVIDIA Corporation
−0.1
−7%
−0.52%
AAPLApple Inc.
−0.1
−16%
−1.11%

Attribution map

slicing the +0.70 pt move · cell size = points contributed · color = direction, intensity = return
AMZN+0.3 pts(+3.3%)
MSFT+0.2 pts(+2.4%)
TSLA+0.2 pts(+2.1%)
AAPL−0.1 pts(−1.1%)
GOOGL+0.1 pts(+1.0%)
NVDA−0.1 pts(−0.5%)
META−0.0 pts(−0.3%)

Concentration curve

cumulative share of the +0.70 pt move · sorted by contribution
0%50%100%2457stocks:3 stocks = 114%100% covered at 3

When they drove it

cumulative points through the period
0AMZN +0.34MSFT +0.24TSLA +0.22AAPL −0.11NVDA −0.05META −0.03Oct 8Oct 9

Breadth

member returns, this period
−2%−1%0%+1%+2%+3%
From −1.11% (AAPL) to +3.29% (AMZN). Equal-weight, the MAGS would be +0.97% vs the actual +0.96%; the gap is what cap weighting did.

By sector

point contribution · sums to +0.70 pts
Unknown7
+0.7

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