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WHAT MOVED THE MARKET TODAY

Nasdaq-100

101 stocks · cap-weighted, ETF-derived weights · Oct 9, 2026 close
30,883.15
+5,746.53 (+22.86%)
NASDAQ 100 30,883.15 · +5,746.5 pts (+22.86%) 1Y
35,22731,95828,68925,42022,150EW +36.23%H 31,225 · Oct 6L 22,953 · Mar 30
Oct 8, 2025Jan 8, 2026Apr 10, 2026Jul 13, 2026Oct 9, 2026
Breadth
66 / 101
stocks rose with the index
Concentration
58%
of the gain from AAPL, GOOGL, GOOG
Biggest driver
AAPL +1,433
Apple Inc., +30.82%
Biggest drag
NVDA −879
NVIDIA Corporation, +21.39%

What drove it

101 members · drivers first · 1Y · residual 59.8bp within 80bp gate

The NASDAQ 100 rose 22.86% (+5,747 pts) over the past year, and 58% of that gain came from just three stocks: AAPL, GOOGL, GOOG.

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

+6,753.0 pts from 61 gainers−2,176.1 pts from 40 losers
net +5,746.5 pts · gainers outweigh losers 3.1 to 1
Stock
Points
Return
NASDAQ 100sum of all 101 stocks
+5,746.5
100%
+22.86%
AAPLApple Inc.
+1,433.1
25%
+30.82%
GOOGLAlphabet Inc.
+989.6
17%
+44.04%
GOOGAlphabet Inc.
+886.2
15%
+42.00%
MSFTMicrosoft Corporation
+579.9
10%
+2.60%
MUMicron Technology, Inc.
+473.6
8%
+424.01%
AMZNAmazon.com, Inc.
+435.0
8%
+16.52%
INTCIntel Corporation
+183.2
3%
+179.72%
AMDAdvanced Micro Devices, Inc.
+177.4
3%
+158.15%
PANWPalo Alto Networks, Inc.
+158.9
3%
+92.29%
SNDKSandisk Corporation
+124.5
2%
+1,099.44%
PLTRPalantir Technologies Inc.
+124.4
2%
+13.89%
CRWDCrowdStrike Holdings, Inc.
+112.9
2%
+115.74%
CSCOCisco Systems, Inc.
+101.2
2%
+70.14%
STXSeagate Technology Holdings PLC Ordinary Shares (Ireland)
+77.0
1%
+250.80%
FTNTFortinet, Inc.
+73.1
1%
+125.25%
71 othersclick to expand the full index
+573.0
10%
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LRCXLam Research Corporation
−28.2
0%
+124.47%
TERTeradyne, Inc.
−28.6
0%
+176.15%
KLACKLA Corporation
−33.0
−1%
+84.84%
PDDPDD Holdings Inc. American Depositary Shares
−35.2
−1%
−39.19%
CEGConstellation Energy Corporation
−44.9
−1%
−19.33%
MRVLMarvell Technology, Inc.
−54.3
−1%
+198.16%
INTUIntuit Inc.
−59.6
−1%
−53.65%
MSTRStrategy Inc
−60.8
−1%
−53.34%
MNSTMonster Beverage Corporation
−68.1
−1%
−36.51%
APPApplovin Corporation
−68.9
−1%
−56.00%
METAMeta Platforms, Inc.
−78.1
−1%
+0.37%
NFLXNetflix, Inc.
−98.7
−2%
−42.10%
AVGOBroadcom Inc.
−185.6
−3%
+5.23%
TSLATesla, Inc.
−203.0
−4%
−12.76%
NVDANVIDIA Corporation
−879.2
−15%
+21.39%
Cap weighting, illustrated

Tesla, Inc. and O'Reilly Automotive, Inc. moved almost identically (−12.76% vs −14.20%), yet TSLA moved the NASDAQ 100 799.9× as much. In a cap-weighted index, the bigger company's weight turns the same percentage move into far more points.

Attribution map

slicing the +5,747 pt move · cell size = points contributed · color = direction, intensity = return
AAPL+1,433.1 pts(+30.8%)
GOOGL+989.6 pts(+44.0%)
GOOG+886.2 pts(+42.0%)
NVDA−879.2 pts(+21.4%)
MSFT+579.9 pts(+2.6%)
MU+473.6 pts(+424.0%)
AMZN+435.0 pts
TSLA−203.0 pts
AVGO
INTC+183.2 pts(+179.7%)
AMD+177.4 pts(+158.2%)
PANW+158.9 pts
SNDK+124.5 pts
PLTR
CRWD
CSCO
NFLX
META
STX
FTNT
APP
SPCX
MSTR
INTU
AMGN
MRNA
WMT
CEG
WDC
COST

Concentration curve

cumulative share of the +5,747 pt move · sorted by contribution
0%50%100%255176101stocks:3 stocks = 58%100% covered at 13

When they drove it

cumulative points through the period
0AAPL +1,433GOOGL +990GOOG +886NVDA −879TSLA −203AVGO −186Oct 8Oct 9

Breadth

member returns, this period
−100%+100%+300%+500%+700%+900%
From −56.00% (APP) to +1,099.44% (SNDK). Equal-weight, the NASDAQ 100 would be +36.23% vs the actual +22.86%; the gap is what cap weighting did.

By sector

point contribution · sums to +5,747 pts
Unknown101
+4,577.0

The year, session by session

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