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WHAT MOVED THE MARKET TODAY

S&P 500

491 stocks · cap-weighted, ETF-derived weights · Oct 9, 2026 close
7,811.54
+46.18 (+0.59%)
S&P 500 7,811.54 · +46.2 pts (+0.59%) 1D
7,8237,8087,7927,777prev close 7,765EW +0.49%H 7,819 · 15:20L 7,765 · open
open11:0512:4514:2016:00
5-minute bars · index reconstructed live from member prices
Breadth
310 / 491
stocks rose with the index
Concentration
52%
of the gain from MSFT, AMZN, PLTR
Biggest driver
MSFT +11
MICROSOFT CORP, +2.38%
Biggest drag
AAPL −7
APPLE INC, −1.11%
Context
75th pctile
of the past year's sessions by daily move

What drove it

491 members · drivers first · 1D · residual 3.7bp within 60bp gate

The S&P 500 rose 0.59% (+46 pts) on the day on a mixed tape; MSFT, AMZN, PLTR did most of the lifting, with 52% of the gain between them.

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

+81.3 pts from 310 gainers−35.1 pts from 177 losers
net +46.2 pts · gainers outweigh losers 2.3 to 1
Stock
Points
Return
S&P 500sum of all 491 stocks
+46.2
100%
+0.59%
MSFTMICROSOFT CORP
+11.3
25%
+2.38%
AMZNAMAZON.COM INC
+10.0
22%
+3.29%
PLTRPALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC A
+2.8
6%
+5.17%
TSLATESLA INC
+2.7
6%
+2.05%
GOOGLALPHABET INC CL A
+2.5
5%
+0.97%
VVISA INC CLASS A SHARES
+2.2
5%
+2.76%
PANWPALO ALTO NETWORKS INC
+2.0
4%
+5.09%
GOOGALPHABET INC CL C
+1.8
4%
+0.87%
CSCOCISCO SYSTEMS INC
+1.7
4%
+3.05%
JNJJOHNSON + JOHNSON
+1.5
3%
+1.93%
CRWDCROWDSTRIKE HOLDINGS INC A
+1.5
3%
+4.57%
MAMASTERCARD INC A
+1.4
3%
+2.52%
ORCLORACLE CORP
+1.2
3%
+4.30%
MRNAMODERNA INC
+1.1
2%
+14.21%
BRK-BBERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CL B
+1.0
2%
+0.86%
461 othersclick to expand the full index
+28.6
62%
·
PEPPEPSICO INC
−0.4
−1%
−1.85%
SNDKSANDISK CORP
−0.5
−1%
−1.72%
TXNTEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC
−0.5
−1%
−1.55%
HDHOME DEPOT INC
−0.6
−1%
−1.60%
METAMETA PLATFORMS INC CLASS A
−0.6
−1%
−0.31%
NFLXNETFLIX INC
−0.7
−1%
−1.77%
MUMICRON TECHNOLOGY INC
−1.0
−2%
−0.66%
DEDEERE + CO
−1.0
−2%
−4.85%
INTCINTEL CORP
−1.5
−3%
−2.22%
TMUST MOBILE US INC
−1.6
−3%
−13.27%
TAT+T INC
−2.6
−6%
−10.86%
AMDADVANCED MICRO DEVICES
−2.6
−6%
−2.03%
VZVERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC
−2.7
−6%
−10.14%
NVDANVIDIA CORP
−3.7
−8%
−0.52%
AAPLAPPLE INC
−7.0
−15%
−1.11%
Cap weighting, illustrated

APPLE INC and SKYDANCE CORP moved almost identically (−1.11% vs −1.24%), yet AAPL moved the S&P 500 699.0× 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 +46 pt move · cell size = points contributed · color = direction, intensity = return
MSFT+11.3 pts(+2.4%)
AMZN+10.0 pts(+3.3%)
AAPL−7.0 pts(−1.1%)
371 more+4.9 pts
NVDA−3.7 pts(−0.5%)
PLTR+2.8 pts(+5.2%)
VZ−2.7 pts(−10.1%)
TSLA+2.7 pts
AMD−2.6 pts
T−2.6 pts(−10.9%)
GOOGL+2.5 pts(+1.0%)
V+2.2 pts(+2.8%)
PANW+2.0 pts(+5.1%)
GOOG+1.8 pts
CSCO+1.7 pts
TMUS−1.6 pts
INTC
JNJ+1.5 pts
CRWD+1.5 pts
MA+1.4 pts
ORCL
DE
BRK-B
MU
MRK
ABBV
AVGO
AMT
DDOG
ANET
NFLX
GILD
META
APH
JPM
TXN
SNDK
FCX
WMT
DELL
FTNT

Concentration curve

cumulative share of the +46 pt move · sorted by contribution
0%50%100%123246368491stocks:3 stocks = 52%100% covered at 17

When they drove it

cumulative points through the period
0MSFT +11AMZN +10PLTR +3AAPL −7NVDA −4VZ −3Oct 8Oct 9

Breadth

member returns, this period
−15%−5%+5%+15%
From −13.27% (TMUS) to +15.60% (CCI). Equal-weight, the S&P 500 would be +0.49% vs the actual +0.59%; the gap is what cap weighting did.

By sector

point contribution · sums to +46 pts
-491
+46.2

The year, session by session

every trading day of 2026 · hover for the move
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