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WHAT MOVED THE MARKET TODAY

S&P 500

503 stocks · cap-weighted, ETF-derived weights · Aug 25, 2026 close
7,677.28
+24.42 (+0.32%)
S&P 500 7,677.28 · +24.4 pts (+0.32%) 1D
7,6767,6607,629prev close 7,653EW −0.09%H 7,688 · 09:30L 7,653 · open
open11:0512:4514:2016:00
5-minute bars · index reconstructed live from member prices
Breadth
207 / 503
stocks rose with the index
Concentration
91%
of the gain from NVDA, AMD, MSFT
Biggest driver
NVDA +14
NVIDIA CORP, +2.19%
Biggest drag
XOM −2
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP, −2.09%
Context
63rd pctile
of the past year's sessions by daily move

What drove it

503 members · drivers first · 1D · residual 2.6bp within 60bp gate

The S&P 500 rose 0.32% (+24 pts) on the day, but 296 of 503 members went the other way. NVDA and AMD carried the tape higher, accounting for 91% of the gain.

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

+58.2 pts from 207 gainers33.7 pts from 296 losers
net +24.4 pts · gainers outweigh losers 1.7 to 1
Stock
Points
Return
S&P 500sum of all 503 stocks
+24.4
100%
+0.32%
NVDANVIDIA CORP
+13.8
56%
+2.19%
AMDADVANCED MICRO DEVICES
+4.4
18%
+4.91%
MSFTMICROSOFT CORP
+4.1
17%
+0.90%
MUMICRON TECHNOLOGY INC
+3.2
13%
+2.48%
METAMETA PLATFORMS INC CLASS A
+3.0
12%
+1.97%
MRKMERCK + CO. INC.
+1.8
7%
+3.84%
MRVLMARVELL TECHNOLOGY INC
+1.2
5%
+4.84%
NFLXNETFLIX INC
+1.2
5%
+2.77%
GEGENERAL ELECTRIC
+1.0
4%
+2.24%
GSGOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC
+0.8
3%
+2.19%
HOODROBINHOOD MARKETS INC A
+0.8
3%
+8.17%
MRNAMODERNA INC
+0.8
3%
+14.36%
STXSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS
+0.7
3%
+3.40%
LRCXLAM RESEARCH CORP
+0.7
3%
+1.45%
WDCWESTERN DIGITAL CORP
+0.6
3%
+3.53%
473 othersclick to expand the full index
+0.4
2%
·
GEVGE VERNOVA INC
−0.6
−2%
−1.73%
DEDEERE + CO
−0.6
−2%
−2.76%
WMTWALMART INC
−0.6
−3%
−1.04%
COSTCOSTCO WHOLESALE CORP
−0.6
−3%
−1.17%
CRWDCROWDSTRIKE HOLDINGS INC A
−0.7
−3%
−2.78%
GOOGALPHABET INC CL C
−0.8
−3%
−0.36%
CVXCHEVRON CORP
−0.8
−3%
−1.57%
GOOGLALPHABET INC CL A
−0.8
−3%
−0.32%
AAPLAPPLE INC
−0.8
−3%
−0.14%
PLTRPALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC A
−0.9
−4%
−1.80%
PANWPALO ALTO NETWORKS INC
−1.2
−5%
−3.13%
AVGOBROADCOM INC
−1.2
−5%
−0.56%
AMZNAMAZON.COM INC
−1.3
−5%
−0.39%
LLYELI LILLY + CO
−1.3
−6%
−1.06%
XOMEXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP
−1.8
−8%
−2.09%
Cap weighting, illustrated

MICROSOFT CORP and INVESCO LTD moved almost identically (+0.90% vs +0.83%), yet MSFT moved the S&P 500 272.0× 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 +24 pt move · cell size = points contributed · color = direction, intensity = return
NVDA+13.8 pts(+2.2%)
383 more−4.5 pts
AMD+4.4 pts(+4.9%)
MSFT+4.1 pts(+0.9%)
MU+3.2 pts(+2.5%)
META+3.0 pts(+2.0%)
XOM−1.8 pts
MRK+1.8 pts
LLY
AMZN−1.3 pts(−0.4%)
AVGO−1.2 pts(−0.6%)
MRVL+1.2 pts
PANW−1.2 pts
NFLX
GE
PLTR−0.9 pts
GS
GOOGL
HOOD
MRNA
GOOG−0.8 pts
STX+0.7 pts
CRWD
WDC
COST
DE−0.6 pts
GEV
CDNS
LITE
APH
PM
ORCL
INTU
CSCO
NEM
PFE
MCD
MS
APP
TGT
ANET
CRM
PG
C
GILD
COHR
IBKR
CIEN

Concentration curve

cumulative share of the +24 pt move · sorted by contribution
0%50%100%126252377503stocks:3 stocks = 91%100% covered at 4

When they drove it

cumulative points through the period
0NVDA +14AMD +4MSFT +4XOM −2LLY −1AMZN −1Aug 24Aug 25

Breadth

member returns, this period
−10%−5%0%+5%+10%
From −5.89% (ALB) to +14.36% (MRNA). Equal-weight, the S&P 500 would be −0.09% vs the actual +0.32%; the gap is what cap weighting did.

By sector

point contribution · sums to +24 pts
-503
+24.4

The year, session by session

every trading day of 2026 · hover for the move
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