How much did NUE move each index today?
S&P 500: NUE moved +2.48% and contributed +0.2 points against the index's −2.3-point move, ranking #451 of 503 members by contribution to the move.
XLB: NUE moved +2.48% and contributed +0.06 points of the index's +0.11-point move (48% of it), ranking #1 of 25 members by contribution to the move.
NUE closed the 2026-08-25 session at 247.51; that day's move sits in the 71th percentile of its own past year. The stock is 9.9% below its 52-week closing high and +52.6% for the year so far.
NUE in the S&P 500 beyond today
| window | NUE return | points contributed | index move | rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 week | −6.31% | −0.4 pts | −14.5 pts | #52 of 503 |
| 1 month | −0.14% | −0.0 pts | +264.1 pts | #273 of 503 |
| quarter to date | +11.12% | +0.6 pts | +177.9 pts | #134 of 503 |
| year to date | +52.63% | +2.0 pts | +831.8 pts | #88 of 503 |
Who moved with and against NUE today?
On NUE's side of the S&P 500 tape: AAPL (+5.1 pts), MSFT (+2.7 pts), META (+2.0 pts). Pulling the other way: NVDA (−8.3 pts), GOOGL (−3.6 pts), LLY (−3.3 pts).
Every member's contribution, top to bottom, is on the index dashboards; the day's story is in the market-close note. Machine-readable figures for this stock: /api/stock/NUE, free to cite with attribution.