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Post-Close Edition · Wednesday, September 16, 2026
Crude drops 3.52%, dragging the Dow down 1.15% while tech holds flat Energy off 2.88%, financials off 1.62%, and gold fell too. Nobody bought the usual hedge.
The Daily Digest
- 01Crude oil down 3.52%, the largest move on the board this session
- 02Energy sector down 2.88%, worst performer as the crude slide hits producers
- 03Dow Jones down 1.15%, lagging every other major index on energy and bank weakness
- 04Financials down 1.62%, the second worst sector
- 05S&P 500 down 0.44% as losses stay concentrated rather than broad
- 06Nasdaq 100 up 0.03% and technology up 0.10%, holding flat while the rest sells
- 07Russell 2000 down 0.43%, small caps track the broad market lower
- 0820Y Treasury ETF TLT up 0.21% as money rotates into long duration
- 09Gold down 0.61% and silver down 0.83%, no safe haven bid on the equity drop
- 10Natural gas down 1.71%, adding to the energy complex decline
- 11Bitcoin up 0.18% to $76,067 and Solana up 0.95%, crypto ignores the equity tape
- 12CNN Fear and Greed Index at 26, still in Fear territory
Top Movers
What If?
If you had put $1,000 into Solana yesterday, you'd have $1,009.50 today.
The Big Picture
Oil set the tone. Crude fell 3.52%, and energy stocks went with it, down 2.88% and worst on the board. That accounts for most of the Dow's 1.15% drop, with financials off 1.62% supplying the rest. Everything else barely moved. The Nasdaq 100 closed up 0.03% and technology added 0.10%, so the selling stayed in two sectors instead of spreading. The odd part is gold: down 0.61%, silver down 0.83%. When stocks fall on a growth scare, metals usually catch a bid. They did not. Long bonds did, with TLT up 0.21%. CNN's Fear and Greed Index reads 26, in Fear, while the S&P 500 lost only 0.44%. Watch whether crude stabilizes here. Energy earnings assumptions get rewritten fast below this level.Fear & Greed Index
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Market Overview
| Indices | ||
| S&P 500 | 754.05 | -0.44% |
| Nasdaq 100 | 704.72 | +0.03% |
| Dow Jones | 515.22 | -1.15% |
| Russell 2000 | 283.92 | -0.43% |
| Crypto | ||
| Bitcoin | 76,067.00 | +0.18% |
| Ethereum | 2,407.53 | -0.02% |
| Solana | 98.46 | +0.95% |
| XRP | 1.30 | +0.86% |
| Cardano | 0.19 | -1.06% |
| Commodities | ||
| Natural Gas | 10.36 | -1.71% |
| Silver | 57.05 | -0.83% |
| Gold | 391.74 | -0.61% |
| Crude Oil | 156.17 | -3.52% |
| Bonds & Rates | ||
| 1-3Y Treasury | 81.24% | -0.09% |
| Short 20Y | 39.50% | -0.25% |
| 20Y Treasury | 80.88% | +0.21% |
| Forex | ||
| EUR/USD | 1.15 | -0.02% |
| USD/JPY | 155.05 | +0.03% |
| GBP/USD | 1.35 | -0.20% |
| Dollar Index | 99.68 | +0.06% |
| Sectors | ||
| Energy | 64.03 | -2.88% |
| Technology | 183.93 | +0.10% |
| Utilities | 41.32 | 0.00% |
| Financials | 55.93 | -1.62% |
| Healthcare | 167.77 | +0.07% |
| Volatility | ||
| VIX | 17.67 | +0.80% |