Before Tuesday's open, S&P 500, Nasdaq-100 and Russell 2000 futures are slightly higher and Dow futures are higher. Reporting today: JPMorgan Chase (before the open), Johnson & Johnson (before the open), Wells Fargo (before the open), UnitedHealth (before the open) and Goldman Sachs (before the open). Yesterday's session: It was a quiet session yesterday, and stocks ended little changed. The S&P 500 fell 0.1%, the Nasdaq-100 lost 0.7%, the Dow gained 0.3% and the Russell 2000 slipped 0.4%. That leaves the S&P 500 down 0.1% this week and up 15.0% for the year. Beneath the index, 321 of 501 S&P 500 stocks rose and 180 fell. Energy (+1.4%) and consumer staples (+1.2%) led, while technology (-1.2%) and consumer discretionary (-0.5%) lagged. Treasury yields eased - the 10-year Treasury yield is 5.2% (down 6 basis points), the VIX is at 14.8 (-0.6) and oil is $96.2 a barrel. Macro headlines centred on inflation and oil.
| Fair Isaac (FICO) Down 56% this year; 60% below its 52-week high. Next report: Nov 3. | +10.8% |
| Medtronic (MDT) Down 2% this year; 10% below its 52-week high. Next report: Nov 16. | +3.9% |
| Zimmer Biomet (ZBH) Up 3% this year; 10% below its 52-week high. Next report: Nov 3. | +3.4% |
| Meta Platforms (META) Up 13% this year; 4% below its 52-week high. Next report: Oct 27. | +3.4% |
| Insulet (PODD) Down 51% this year; 60% below its 52-week high. Next report: Oct 29. | +3.3% |
| Ciena (CIEN) Up 73% this year; 35% below its 52-week high. | -10.0% |
| Lumentum (LITE) Up 170% this year; 12% below its 52-week high. Next report: Nov 2. | -9.8% |
| Coherent (COHR) Up 56% this year; 33% below its 52-week high. Next report: Nov 3. | -7.9% |
| Carvana (CVNA) Down 29% this year; 38% below its 52-week high. Next report: Oct 27. | -6.6% |
| Bloom Energy (BE) As Yahoo Finance reported “Bloom Energy Stock Has Fallen 20% or More 5 Times Since September 2025. It Recovered From 4…”1. Up 202% this year; 24% below its 52-week high. Next report: Oct 22. | -6.5% |
Direction of the stock-index futures versus their last settlement, early this morning (words only).
| Market | Direction |
|---|---|
| S&P 500 futures | Slightly higher |
| Nasdaq-100 futures | Slightly higher |
| Dow futures | Higher |
| Russell 2000 futures | Slightly higher |
| Market | Move / level |
|---|---|
| S&P 500 | -0.1% |
| Nasdaq-100 | -0.7% |
| Dow | +0.3% |
| Russell 2000 | -0.4% |
| 10-yr | 5.2% |
| VIX | 14.8 |
| Oil | $96.2 |
A narrow market: the S&P 500 weights companies by size, so a few giants move it, while the average stock is the plain mean of all 500. Over these three months the 10 largest companies account for about 80% of the index's gain. Biggest contributors: Microsoft, Apple Inc., Nvidia, Meta Platforms, Palantir Technologies.
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