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Market Pulse
Pre-Market Edition · Wednesday, September 2, 2026
Defensive bid builds pre-market: healthcare up 1.49%, silver up 1.95% Fear and Greed sits at 34 while the Dow holds a 0.4% gain. Crypto takes the hit.
The Daily Digest
- 01Silver up 1.95% pre-market, the biggest move on the board as metals catch a hedging bid
- 02Healthcare up 1.49%, the strongest sector as money rotates defensive
- 03Gold up 1.13% with the CNN Fear and Greed Index at 34, in fear territory
- 04Russell 2000 up 0.64%, small caps lead the index tape
- 05Dow Jones up 0.4% while Nasdaq 100 slips 0.13% on a soft tech open
- 06Financials up 0.51%, second-best sector behind healthcare
- 07Crude oil down 1.35%, dragging the energy sector down 0.63%
- 08Utilities down 0.87%, the weakest sector despite the defensive tone elsewhere
- 09Bitcoin down 1.04% to $77,201 as crypto sells off across every major coin
- 10Solana down 2.86% to $99.23 and XRP down 2.45% to $1.34, the deepest crypto losses
- 11Dollar index flat at 99.64, with EUR/USD, USD/JPY and GBP/USD unchanged
- 12TLT up 0.11% and short-dated SHY up 0.07%, a quiet bid across the curve
Top Movers
What If?
If you had put $1,000 into Silver yesterday, you'd have $1,019.50 today.
The Big Picture
Money is moving into defense before the open. Healthcare leads all sectors at +1.49%, precious metals are bid with silver up 1.95% and gold up 1.13%, and the CNN Fear and Greed Index sits at 34. That is fear territory. Yet the broad tape is not selling off: the Dow is up 0.4% and small caps are up 0.64%. The split is inside equities. Tech is down 0.21% and drags the Nasdaq 100 to -0.13%, while financials add 0.51%. Energy is the weakest large group at -0.63% as crude falls 1.35%. Crypto takes the hit hardest, with Bitcoin off 1.04% to $77,201 and Solana down 2.86%. Watch the metals. A gold and silver bid with a flat dollar at 99.64 and no real yield move says the buying is hedging, not a currency trade.Fear & Greed Index
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Market Overview
| Indices | ||
| S&P 500 | 762.52 | +0.10% |
| Nasdaq 100 | 706.70 | -0.13% |
| Dow Jones | 529.88 | +0.40% |
| Russell 2000 | 292.44 | +0.64% |
| Crypto | ||
| Bitcoin | 77,201.00 | -1.04% |
| Ethereum | 2,409.37 | -1.52% |
| Solana | 99.23 | -2.86% |
| XRP | 1.34 | -2.45% |
| Cardano | 0.20 | -1.16% |
| Commodities | ||
| Silver | 59.05 | +1.95% |
| Natural Gas | 10.55 | -0.28% |
| Gold | 401.23 | +1.13% |
| Crude Oil | 139.09 | -1.35% |
| Bonds & Rates | ||
| 1-3Y Treasury | 81.65% | +0.07% |
| Short 20Y | 38.36% | -0.29% |
| 20Y Treasury | 81.96% | +0.11% |
| Forex | ||
| EUR/USD | 1.16 | 0.00% |
| USD/JPY | 160.16 | 0.00% |
| GBP/USD | 1.35 | 0.00% |
| Dollar Index | 99.64 | 0.00% |
| Sectors | ||
| Technology | 183.26 | -0.21% |
| Energy | 64.36 | -0.63% |
| Utilities | 42.19 | -0.87% |
| Financials | 57.49 | +0.51% |
| Healthcare | 174.22 | +1.49% |
| Volatility | ||
| VIX | 17.68 | -0.67% |