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Market Pulse
Post-Close Edition · Friday, October 2, 2026
Tech carries a narrow rally, Nasdaq 100 up 1.02% and S&P 500 up 0.74% Dollar firms 0.35%, gold and crypto slip, and CNN's Fear and Greed Index still reads 31.
The Daily Digest
- 01Nasdaq 100 up 1.02% as technology does the heavy lifting
- 02Technology sector up 1.01%, the only sector of the five tracked to gain more than 0.4%
- 03S&P 500 up 0.74% and Dow Jones up 0.49%, both trailing tech
- 04Russell 2000 up 0.9%, small caps keeping pace with the growth bid
- 05Financials up 0.06% and healthcare down 0.01%, no follow-through outside tech
- 06Dollar Index up 0.35% to 102.08 as EUR/USD drops 0.65% to 1.1225
- 07Gold down 0.68% and silver down 0.51% against the firmer dollar
- 08Crude oil down 1.77%, the weakest commodity on the board
- 09Natural gas up 3.05%, the biggest single move in today's data
- 10TLT, the 20Y Treasury ETF, down 0.3% as long bonds sell alongside the stock gain
- 11Ethereum down 1.32% to $2,661 and Bitcoin down 0.27% to $84,366, crypto out of step with equities
- 12Cardano down 3.4% to $0.24 and XRP down 1.77% to $1.47, the softest corner of the tape
Top Movers
What If?
If you had put $1,000 into Natural Gas yesterday, you'd have $1,030.50 today.
The Big Picture
Technology did the work. The Nasdaq 100 rose 1.02% and the tech sector gained 1.01%, while financials added 0.06% and healthcare finished flat at minus 0.01%. That left the S&P 500 up 0.74% and the Dow up 0.49%. Small caps kept up, with the Russell 2000 up 0.9%. The dollar firmed, with the Dollar Index up 0.35% to 102.08 and EUR/USD down 0.65% to 1.1225. Hard assets gave ground against it: gold down 0.68%, silver down 0.51%, crude down 1.77%. Natural gas went the other way, up 3.05%. Crypto did not join the equity bid. Ethereum fell 1.32% to $2,661 and Cardano dropped 3.4%. CNN's Fear and Greed Index reads 31 at the close, still Fear. Watch whether anything outside tech picks up the load.Fear & Greed Index
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Market Overview
| Indices | ||
| Nasdaq 100 | 749.58 | +1.02% |
| Russell 2000 | 281.52 | +0.90% |
| S&P 500 | 769.64 | +0.74% |
| Dow Jones | 511.10 | +0.49% |
| Crypto | ||
| Bitcoin | 84,366.00 | -0.27% |
| Ethereum | 2,661.25 | -1.32% |
| Solana | 117.86 | -0.17% |
| XRP | 1.47 | -1.77% |
| Cardano | 0.24 | -3.40% |
| Commodities | ||
| Crude Oil | 147.37 | -1.77% |
| Gold | 380.14 | -0.68% |
| Silver | 54.74 | -0.51% |
| Natural Gas | 10.47 | +3.05% |
| Bonds & Rates | ||
| Short 20Y | 42.54% | +0.83% |
| 20Y Treasury | 77.48% | -0.30% |
| 1-3Y Treasury | 81.05% | -0.06% |
| Forex | ||
| EUR/USD | 1.12 | -0.65% |
| USD/JPY | 157.67 | -0.20% |
| GBP/USD | 1.32 | -0.25% |
| Dollar Index | 102.08 | +0.35% |
| Sectors | ||
| Financials | 53.49 | +0.06% |
| Energy | 62.82 | +0.19% |
| Utilities | 39.83 | +0.38% |
| Healthcare | 166.18 | -0.01% |
| Technology | 199.81 | +1.01% |
| Volatility | ||
| VIX | 16.72 | -2.11% |