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Daily Market Brief · Market · 2026-10-05

Market brief, October 5: Calm uptrend, breadth 28%

The S&P 500 is in a calm uptrend, above its 200-day average, and the engine's correction-risk gauge reads low. Breadth: 28% of S&P 500 stocks trade above their 50-day average (317 rose and 183 fell on the day), so the advance is narrow. The index trades at 22.8 times trailing earnings; its earnings yield is 0.9 points below the 10-year Treasury. The 10-year Treasury yield is 5.3% (+0.5 over a month); VIX 15.3. On the model's Sector Pulse, Information Technology gained the most this week (+29 to 79) and Real Estate lost the most (-24 to 28). Over three months the S&P 500 is +3.9% while its average stock is -1.1%: a handful of large companies are carrying the index. Biggest S&P 500 movers: PTC Inc. (+33.5%) and C.H. Robinson (-10.8%); the reasons are below.

What moved and why

PTC Inc. (PTC)
Benzinga: Schneider Electric To Acquire PTC For $205 Per Share In All-Cash Deal Valuing Equity At $22.6B, Funded By Equity And Debt…
+33.5%
Illumina, Inc. (ILMN)
Benzinga: RBC Capital Maintains Outperform on Illumina, Raises Price Target to $310
+7.6%
Charles River Laboratories (CRL)
no company-specific headline; its sector moved +1.8% (median)
+7.1%
C.H. Robinson (CHRW)
Seeking Alpha: C.H. Robinson Worldwide strikes a $5.8B deal to acquire RXO (CHRW:NASDAQ)
-10.8%
Lennar (LEN)
Bloomberg: Stock Movers: SpaceX, Lennar, CH Robinson (Podcast)
-6.7%
Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG)
no company-specific headline; its sector moved -0.2% (median)
-4.7%
Three months: the S&P 500 against its average stock
-2%+0%+2%+4%S&P 500 +4%Avg stock -1%Jul 7Oct 5
Today by sector (median stock)
Health Care+1.8%Energy+1.3%Comm. Services+1.0%Materials+0.8%Cons. Staples+0.6%Financials+0.4%Info. Technology+0.4%Industrials+0.1%Utilities+0.1%Cons. Discretionary-0.2%Real Estate-0.2%

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