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.
+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
Share
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%
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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
When they drove it
cumulative points through the period
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
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What moved the market
3M · OCT 9, 2026
+5.53%
+1,619.1 pts · closed 30,883.15
52 of 101 rose · 49 fell
MSFT+37.1%
+972.4
AAPL+6.2%
+834.6
GOOGL−0.2%
+465.6
GOOG−0.8%
+395.1
SPCX+16.8%
+326.5
TSLA−3.1%
−83.8
ASML+3.3%
−87.0
AVGO−5.9%
−88.9
AMAT−11.8%
−103.2
NVDA+12.7%
−994.5
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