Markets
Market Pulse
Post-Close Edition · Wednesday, September 23, 2026
Rising yields and a firmer dollar knock the S&P 500 down 0.72% Oil jumps 3.3% while gold slides 1.8%, and small caps take the worst of it at -1.84%.
The Daily Digest
- 01S&P 500 falls 0.72% as rising Treasury yields squeeze every risk asset
- 02Russell 2000 down 1.84%, the worst of the majors as small caps wear the rate hit
- 03Nasdaq 100 off 0.84% with the Technology sector down 0.47%
- 04TLT, the 20Y Treasury ETF, drops 1.58% as long bond yields push higher
- 05Utilities slide 1.92%, the bond proxy trade unwinding fastest of any sector
- 06Crude oil jumps 3.3%, the only green in the commodity complex
- 07Energy sector gains 0.95%, the lone sector higher on the crude bid
- 08Silver dumps 4.23% and gold drops 1.8% as the dollar firms
- 09Dollar Index up 0.48% to 100.88, EUR/USD down 0.45% to 1.1411
- 10Bitcoin down 2.22% to $84,358, Ethereum off 2.8% to $2,674
- 11XRP drops 5.31% and Cardano 5.71%, high beta crypto taking the deepest cuts
- 12CNN Fear and Greed Index at 35, sitting in Fear
Top Movers
What If?
If you had put $1,000 into Crude Oil yesterday, you'd have $1,033.00 today.
The Big Picture
Bond yields did the damage. The 20Y Treasury ETF fell 1.58% and its inverse, TBT, jumped 2.75%: long rates pushed higher all session. When money gets more expensive, the assets that need cheap money fall first. The Russell 2000 dropped 1.84%, utilities lost 1.92%, and the S&P 500 gave up 0.72%. Crude oil was the exception, up 3.3%, dragging Energy to a 0.95% gain and the only sector in the green. Higher oil with higher yields argues inflation, not growth. Gold fell 1.8% and silver 4.23% even as stocks sold off, so this was not a flight to safety. It was a dollar bid, with DXY up 0.48%. Crypto took the widest cuts, Bitcoin down 2.22% and Cardano off 5.71%. Fear and Greed sits at 35. The level that settles this: whether crude holds its 3.3% gain into the next session.Fear & Greed Index
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Market Overview
| Indices | ||
| Nasdaq 100 | 741.21 | -0.84% |
| Russell 2000 | 281.92 | -1.84% |
| S&P 500 | 767.81 | -0.72% |
| Dow Jones | 514.30 | -0.71% |
| Crypto | ||
| Bitcoin | 84,358.00 | -2.22% |
| Ethereum | 2,674.43 | -2.80% |
| Solana | 114.34 | -3.16% |
| XRP | 1.49 | -5.31% |
| Cardano | 0.24 | -5.71% |
| Commodities | ||
| Crude Oil | 148.83 | +3.30% |
| Gold | 392.88 | -1.80% |
| Silver | 58.16 | -4.23% |
| Natural Gas | 10.87 | +0.09% |
| Bonds & Rates | ||
| Short 20Y | 39.67% | +2.75% |
| 20Y Treasury | 80.46% | -1.58% |
| 1-3Y Treasury | 81.12% | -0.25% |
| Forex | ||
| EUR/USD | 1.14 | -0.45% |
| USD/JPY | 157.92 | +0.47% |
| GBP/USD | 1.33 | -0.65% |
| Dollar Index | 100.88 | +0.48% |
| Sectors | ||
| Financials | 54.54 | -0.47% |
| Energy | 62.37 | +0.95% |
| Utilities | 39.75 | -1.92% |
| Healthcare | 168.80 | -0.64% |
| Technology | 195.34 | -0.47% |
| Volatility | ||
| VIX | 16.79 | +1.88% |