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WHAT MOVED THE MARKET TODAY

Magnificent Seven

7 stocks · cap-weighted, ETF-derived weights · Aug 25, 2026 close
67.63
+1.67 (+2.53%)
MAGS 67.63 · +1.7 pts (+2.53%) YTD
72.9068.2463.5758.9154.24EW +4.68%H 70.94 · May 14L 55.39 · Mar 30
Dec 31Mar 3Apr 29Jun 29Aug 25
Breadth
5 / 7
stocks rose with the index
Concentration
100%+
of the gain from NVDA, AMZN, AAPL
Biggest driver
NVDA +1.87
NVIDIA Corporation, +14.37%
Biggest drag
META −2.40
Meta Platforms, Inc., −13.49%

What drove it

7 members · drivers first · YTD · residual 59.1bp within 60bp gate

The MAGS rose 2.53% (+1.67 pts) so far this year, and more than all of that gain came from just three stocks: NVDA, AMZN, AAPL.

Read the latest market-close note: Nvidia and Goldman Sachs Lead a Narrow Advance as Energy and Staples Slide

+5.9 pts from 5 gainers4.3 pts from 2 losers
net +1.7 pts · gainers outweigh losers 1.4 to 1
Stock
Points
Return
MAGSsum of all 7 stocks
+1.7
100%
+2.53%
NVDANVIDIA Corporation
+1.9
112%
+14.37%
AMZNAmazon.com, Inc.
+1.5
92%
+13.10%
AAPLApple Inc.
+1.1
66%
+14.21%
MSFTMicrosoft Corporation
+1.0
60%
+2.13%
GOOGLAlphabet Inc.
+0.3
19%
+10.99%
TSLATesla, Inc.
−1.9
−111%
−22.12%
METAMeta Platforms, Inc.
−2.4
−144%
−13.49%

Attribution map

slicing the +1.67 pt move · cell size = points contributed · color = direction, intensity = return
META−2.4 pts(−13.5%)
NVDA+1.9 pts(+14.4%)
TSLA−1.9 pts(−22.1%)
AMZN+1.5 pts(+13.1%)
AAPL+1.1 pts(+14.2%)
MSFT+1.0 pts(+2.1%)
GOOGL+0.3 pts

Concentration curve

cumulative share of the +1.67 pt move · sorted by contribution
0%50%100%2457stocks:3 stocks = 271%100% covered at 1

When they drove it

cumulative points through the period
0NVDA +1.87AMZN +1.54AAPL +1.11META −2.40TSLA −1.86Dec 31Aug 25

Breadth

member returns, this period
−25%−15%−5%+5%
From −22.12% (TSLA) to +14.37% (NVDA). Equal-weight, the MAGS would be +4.68% vs the actual +2.53%; the gap is what cap weighting did.

By sector

point contribution · sums to +1.67 pts
Unknown7
+1.6

The year, session by session

every trading day of 2026 · hover for the move
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