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Post-Close Edition · Monday, August 10, 2026

Oil spikes 6.7% and energy carries a flat S&P 500 Tech drops 0.88%, long bonds sell off, and silver jumps 3.3% as the inflation hedge bid returns.


The Daily Digest

  1. 01Crude oil jumps 6.73%, the biggest move on the board and the story of the session
  2. 02Energy sector climbs 4.66%, the only sector with real buying behind it
  3. 03Natural gas adds 4.11% as the energy complex moves together
  4. 04S&P 500 finishes flat, down 0.03%, as energy gains cancel out tech losses
  5. 05Nasdaq 100 slips 0.3% with the Technology sector off 0.88%
  6. 06Russell 2000 drops 0.52%, small caps hit hardest by rising long yields
  7. 07Silver surges 3.32% and gold gains 1.02% on the inflation hedge bid
  8. 08TLT falls 0.85% as long Treasury yields push higher on the oil move
  9. 09Healthcare rises 1.67% while utilities drop 1.1% in a split defensive tape
  10. 10Dollar index eases 0.18%, GBP/USD up 0.41% to 1.3504
  11. 11Bitcoin down 1.51% to $64,109, Ethereum off 2.14% to $1,878
  12. 12Fear and Greed Index holds at 64, still Greed despite the flat close

Top Movers

Gainers

OILCrude Oil+6.73%
XLEEnergy+4.66%
NATGASNatural Gas+4.11%
SLVSilver+3.32%
XLVHealthcare+1.67%

Losers

ADACardano-2.45%
ETHEthereum-2.14%
XRPXRP-2.10%
BTCBitcoin-1.51%
XLUUtilities-1.10%

What If?

If you had put $1,000 into Crude Oil yesterday, you'd have $1,067.30 today.


The Big Picture

Oil ran the show. Crude jumped 6.73% and the energy sector rose 4.66%, the single biggest move on the board. Natural gas added 4.11%. That surge pulled money out of everything priced off cheap energy: technology fell 0.88% and the Nasdaq 100 slipped 0.3%. The headline index hides the split. The S&P 500 closed essentially unchanged, down 0.03%, because energy gains offset tech losses almost exactly. Bonds read the oil move as an inflation signal: long Treasuries fell 0.85% as yields pushed higher, and small caps took the worst of it, with the Russell 2000 down 0.52%. Silver climbed 3.32% and gold 1.02%, the classic hedge bid. Crypto did not join. Bitcoin lost 1.51% to $64,109. With Fear and Greed at 64, the crowd still leans optimistic while the oil tape argues otherwise.

Fear & Greed Index

64Greed
0255075100

Market Overview

Indices
S&P 500773.03-0.03%
Nasdaq 100720.87-0.30%
Dow Jones538.99-0.12%
Russell 2000299.98-0.52%
Crypto
Bitcoin64,109.00-1.51%
Ethereum1,878.11-2.14%
Solana76.36-1.06%
XRP1.02-2.10%
Cardano0.19-2.45%
Commodities
Natural Gas10.14+4.11%
Silver59.41+3.32%
Gold402.54+1.02%
Crude Oil125.92+6.73%
Bonds & Rates
20Y Treasury82.06%-0.85%
1-3Y Treasury81.86%-0.08%
Short 20Y38.45%+1.64%
Forex
EUR/USD1.16+0.17%
USD/JPY158.64+0.19%
GBP/USD1.35+0.41%
Dollar Index99.69-0.18%
Sectors
Energy60.18+4.66%
Technology186.32-0.88%
Healthcare168.44+1.67%
Utilities43.13-1.10%
Financials57.81+0.36%
Volatility
VIX19.55-0.05%