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Market Pulse
Post-Close Edition · Thursday, August 20, 2026
Stocks fall across the board as the dollar slides and crypto rips Dow down 1.25% while XRP jumps 14% and oil gains 2.77%, money leaving equities for hard assets.
The Daily Digest
- 01Dow Jones down 1.25% leads a broad equity selloff
- 02Russell 2000 falls 1.34% as small caps take the hardest hit
- 03S&P 500 slips 0.84% and Nasdaq 100 loses 0.72% in a session with no buyers
- 04Healthcare drops 1.87%, the worst sector on the board
- 05Financials off 0.92% as long-end yields push higher
- 06XRP +14.44% to $1.25 leads a broad crypto melt-up
- 07Ethereum +9.05% to $2,319 and Bitcoin +5.96% to $72,725
- 08Crude oil up 2.77%, and energy is the only sector in the green at +0.27%
- 09Silver jumps 2.75% while gold adds just 0.34%, a sharp split in the metals
- 10TLT down 0.82% as long-dated Treasury yields climb
- 11Dollar Index down 0.59% to 98.82, EUR/USD up 0.66% to 1.1681
Top Movers
What If?
If you had put $1,000 into XRP yesterday, you'd have $1,144.40 today.
The Big Picture
Money left US equities and went almost everywhere else. The Dow dropped 1.25%, the Russell 2000 1.34%, and the S&P 500 0.84%. Nothing in the tape looked like panic: the Fear and Greed Index sits at 52, dead neutral. The rotation is the story. The dollar fell 0.59% and long-dated Treasuries lost 0.82%, meaning investors sold both the currency and the government debt while buying hard assets. Crude gained 2.77%, silver 2.75%. Crypto went vertical, with XRP up 14.44% and Ethereum up 9.05%. Healthcare, down 1.87%, and financials, down 0.92%, took the damage. Watch the long end: rising yields with a falling dollar is the combination that usually keeps stocks under pressure.Fear & Greed Index
52Neutral
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Market Overview
| Indices | ||
| S&P 500 | 762.60 | -0.84% |
| Nasdaq 100 | 710.93 | -0.72% |
| Dow Jones | 527.59 | -1.25% |
| Russell 2000 | 297.67 | -1.34% |
| Crypto | ||
| Bitcoin | 72,725.00 | +5.96% |
| Ethereum | 2,318.51 | +9.05% |
| Solana | 87.51 | +5.89% |
| XRP | 1.25 | +14.44% |
| Cardano | 0.20 | +8.19% |
| Commodities | ||
| Silver | 61.66 | +2.75% |
| Natural Gas | 10.01 | 0.00% |
| Gold | 415.26 | +0.34% |
| Crude Oil | 134.54 | +2.77% |
| Bonds & Rates | ||
| 1-3Y Treasury | 82.02% | -0.05% |
| Short 20Y | 38.13% | +1.52% |
| 20Y Treasury | 82.34% | -0.82% |
| Forex | ||
| EUR/USD | 1.17 | +0.66% |
| USD/JPY | 158.76 | -0.21% |
| GBP/USD | 1.36 | +0.52% |
| Dollar Index | 98.82 | -0.59% |
| Sectors | ||
| Technology | 183.10 | -0.29% |
| Energy | 63.75 | +0.27% |
| Utilities | 43.77 | -0.57% |
| Financials | 56.95 | -0.92% |
| Healthcare | 172.39 | -1.87% |
| Volatility | ||
| VIX | 18.44 | +0.71% |