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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
+1,619.05 (+5.53%)
NASDAQ 100 30,883.15 · +1,619.1 pts (+5.53%) 3M
31,52130,36829,21528,06226,909EW +6.18%H 31,225 · Oct 6L 27,192 · Jul 29
Jul 13Aug 4Aug 26Sep 17Oct 9
Breadth
52 / 101
stocks rose with the index
Concentration
100%+
of the gain from MSFT, AAPL, GOOGL
Biggest driver
MSFT +972
Microsoft Corporation, +37.11%
Biggest drag
NVDA −994
NVIDIA Corporation, +12.65%

What drove it

101 members · drivers first · 3M · residual 74.0bp within 80bp gate

The NASDAQ 100 rose 5.53% (+1,619 pts) over the past three months, but 49 of 101 members went the other way. MSFT and AAPL 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

+4,144.2 pts from 53 gainers−2,261.3 pts from 48 losers
net +1,619.1 pts · gainers outweigh losers 1.8 to 1
Stock
Points
Return
NASDAQ 100sum of all 101 stocks
+1,619.1
100%
+5.53%
MSFTMicrosoft Corporation
+972.4
60%
+37.11%
AAPLApple Inc.
+834.6
52%
+6.18%
GOOGLAlphabet Inc.
+465.6
29%
−0.24%
GOOGAlphabet Inc.
+395.1
24%
−0.80%
SPCXSpace Exploration Technologies Corp.
+326.5
20%
+16.84%
AMZNAmazon.com, Inc.
+230.0
14%
+6.11%
PLTRPalantir Technologies Inc.
+167.6
10%
+60.76%
WMTWalmart Inc.
+92.4
6%
−2.99%
SHOPShopify Inc.
+70.8
4%
+36.96%
PANWPalo Alto Networks, Inc.
+69.3
4%
+26.79%
CRWDCrowdStrike Holdings, Inc.
+56.5
3%
+46.37%
COSTCostco Wholesale Corporation
+48.5
3%
+2.37%
NFLXNetflix, Inc.
+47.9
3%
−4.78%
MRNAModerna, Inc.
+45.6
3%
+235.77%
AMGNAmgen Inc.
+22.9
1%
+15.10%
71 othersclick to expand the full index
−45.5
3%
·
METAMeta Platforms, Inc.
−30.7
−2%
+9.43%
TXNTexas Instruments Incorporated
−40.5
−3%
−4.48%
WDCWestern Digital Corporation
−41.0
−3%
−28.49%
CSCOCisco Systems, Inc.
−48.6
−3%
−0.72%
MRVLMarvell Technology, Inc.
−54.0
−3%
+26.55%
AMDAdvanced Micro Devices, Inc.
−54.9
−3%
+13.79%
KLACKLA Corporation
−66.6
−4%
−11.91%
INTCIntel Corporation
−70.1
−4%
+1.53%
ARMArm Holdings plc American Depositary Shares
−74.1
−5%
−10.94%
LRCXLam Research Corporation
−79.4
−5%
−3.36%
TSLATesla, Inc.
−83.8
−5%
−3.06%
ASMLASML Holding N.V. New York Registry Shares
−87.0
−5%
+3.29%
AVGOBroadcom Inc.
−88.9
−5%
−5.86%
AMATApplied Materials, Inc.
−103.2
−6%
−11.79%
NVDANVIDIA Corporation
−994.5
−61%
+12.65%
Cap weighting, illustrated

Meta Platforms, Inc. and Fastenal Company moved almost identically (+9.43% vs +8.45%), yet META moved the NASDAQ 100 206.4× 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 +1,619 pt move · cell size = points contributed · color = direction, intensity = return
NVDA−994.5 pts(+12.7%)
MSFT+972.4 pts(+37.1%)
AAPL+834.6 pts(+6.2%)
GOOGL+465.6 pts(−0.2%)
GOOG+395.1 pts(−0.8%)
SPCX+326.5 pts(+16.8%)
AMZN+230.0 pts(+6.1%)
PLTR+167.6 pts
AMAT−103.2 pts(−11.8%)
WMT+92.4 pts
AVGO−88.9 pts
ASML−87.0 pts
TSLA
LRCX−79.4 pts
ARM−74.1 pts
SHOP
INTC
PANW
KLAC−66.6 pts
CRWD+56.5 pts
AMD
MRVL
MRNA
WDC
TXN
META
ABNB
INTU

Concentration curve

cumulative share of the +1,619 pt move · sorted by contribution
0%50%100%255176101stocks:3 stocks = 140%100% covered at 2

When they drove it

cumulative points through the period
0MSFT +972AAPL +835GOOGL +466NVDA −994AMAT −103AVGO −89Jul 13Oct 9

Breadth

member returns, this period
−50%0%+50%+100%+150%+200%
From −37.44% (APP) to +235.77% (MRNA). Equal-weight, the NASDAQ 100 would be +6.18% vs the actual +5.53%; the gap is what cap weighting did.

By sector

point contribution · sums to +1,619 pts
Unknown101
+1,882.9

The year, session by session

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