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Nasdaq-100

101 stocks · cap-weighted, ETF-derived weights · Oct 9, 2026 close
30,883.15
+16,091.28 (+108.78%)
NASDAQ 100 30,883.15 · +16,091.3 pts (+108.78%) 5Y
46,33836,87027,40217,9348,466EW +197.54%H 30,883 · Oct 9L 10,791 · Oct 11
Oct 1, 2021Jan 4, 2023Apr 9, 2024Jul 9, 2025Oct 9, 2026
Breadth
83 / 101
stocks rose with the index
Concentration
32%
of the gain from AAPL, NVDA, GOOGL
Biggest driver
AAPL +2,475
Apple Inc., +141.72%
Biggest drag
PYPL −113
PayPal Holdings, Inc., −78.84%

What drove it

101 members · drivers first · 5Y · residual 2164.6bp exceeds 80bp gate

The NASDAQ 100 rose 108.78% (+16,091 pts) over five years in a broad advance: 83 of 101 stocks rose, with AAPL out front at +2,475 points.

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

+14,522.8 pts from 82 gainers−452.3 pts from 19 losers
net +16,091.3 pts · gainers outweigh losers 32.1 to 1
Stock
Points
Return
NASDAQ 100sum of all 101 stocks
+16,091.3
100%
+108.78%
AAPLApple Inc.
+2,475.1
15%
+141.72%
NVDANVIDIA Corporation
+1,345.8
8%
+1,008.97%
GOOGLAlphabet Inc.
+1,317.4
8%
+159.84%
MSFTMicrosoft Corporation
+1,291.9
8%
+92.50%
GOOGAlphabet Inc.
+1,235.7
8%
+157.17%
AVGOBroadcom Inc.
+1,034.8
6%
+708.97%
AMZNAmazon.com, Inc.
+769.6
5%
+59.86%
METAMeta Platforms, Inc.
+559.5
3%
+111.33%
MUMicron Technology, Inc.
+540.4
3%
+1,384.39%
PLTRPalantir Technologies Inc.
+393.9
2%
+759.23%
WMTWalmart Inc.
+343.2
2%
+158.83%
TSLATesla, Inc.
+296.6
2%
+48.10%
PANWPalo Alto Networks, Inc.
+205.0
1%
+416.47%
CSCOCisco Systems, Inc.
+172.9
1%
+146.11%
CRWDCrowdStrike Holdings, Inc.
+166.0
1%
+341.35%
71 othersclick to expand the full index
+2,366.7
15%
·
GEHCGE HealthCare Technologies Inc.
−4.0
0%
+9.26%
DXCMDexCom, Inc.
−6.5
0%
−38.82%
HONAHoneywell Aerospace Inc.
−6.8
0%
−28.27%
IDXXIDEXX Laboratories, Inc.
−8.7
0%
−16.98%
SBUXStarbucks Corporation
−9.0
0%
−10.02%
MNSTMonster Beverage Corporation
−9.4
0%
−2.89%
MCHPMicrochip Technology Incorporated
−16.2
0%
+9.65%
MRNAModerna, Inc.
−21.2
0%
−34.04%
INTUIntuit Inc.
−31.4
0%
−42.51%
TERTeradyne, Inc.
−31.6
0%
+271.12%
MRVLMarvell Technology, Inc.
−32.7
0%
+368.60%
CMCSAComcast Corporation
−42.4
0%
−52.03%
PDDPDD Holdings Inc. American Depositary Shares
−47.5
0%
−7.71%
ADBEAdobe Inc.
−63.9
0%
−58.05%
PYPLPayPal Holdings, Inc.
−112.8
−1%
−78.84%
Cap weighting, illustrated

Alphabet Inc. and Nebius Group N.V. moved almost identically (+159.84% vs +178.95%), yet GOOGL moved the NASDAQ 100 1,321.7× 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 +16,091 pt move · cell size = points contributed · color = direction, intensity = return
AAPL+2,475.1 pts(+141.7%)
NVDA+1,345.8 pts(+1,009.0%)
GOOGL+1,317.4 pts(+159.8%)
MSFT+1,291.9 pts(+92.5%)
GOOG+1,235.7 pts(+157.2%)
AVGO+1,034.8 pts(+709.0%)
AMZN+769.6 pts(+59.9%)
META+559.5 pts(+111.3%)
MU+540.4 pts(+1,384.4%)
PLTR+393.9 pts(+759.2%)
WMT+343.2 pts
TSLA+296.6 pts
PANW+205.0 pts
CSCO+172.9 pts
CRWD+166.0 pts
COST+154.5 pts
AMD+141.8 pts
SNDK
PYPL−112.8 pts
INTC+112.5 pts
STX
ADP
ADBE

Concentration curve

cumulative share of the +16,091 pt move · sorted by contribution
0%50%100%255176101stocks:3 stocks = 32%100% covered at 101

When they drove it

cumulative points through the period
0AAPL +2,475NVDA +1,346GOOGL +1,317PYPL −113ADBE −64PDD −47Oct 1Oct 9

Breadth

member returns, this period
−100%+100%+300%+500%+700%+900%+1,100%+1,300%+1,500%+1,700%+1,900%+2,100%+2,300%+2,500%+2,700%+2,900%+3,100%
From −78.84% (PYPL) to +3,154.77% (SNDK). Equal-weight, the NASDAQ 100 would be +197.54% vs the actual +108.78%; the gap is what cap weighting did.

By sector

point contribution · sums to +16,091 pts
Unknown101
+14,070.5

The year, session by session

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