The session closed without a clear winner: 459 of 982 stocks higher, 494 lower and 29 flat, a ratio of 0.93 to one. Weighted by market capitalisation the whole set moved +0.4%, while the median stock fell 0.1% — the two point different ways, so the largest companies carried the reading against the crowd.
42 stocks moved more than 5% — 37 up, 5 down — and 3 of those cleared 10%. 38 names closed at a fresh twelve-month high and 8 at a twelve-month low. Total turnover across the set came to $491.7bn.
Moderna led the session at +14.4%, closing on $158.83, ahead of Oklo at +11.5% on $44.27, Super Micro Computer at +9.4% on $38.46. The other end belonged to Dick's Sporting Goods at -30.7% on $124.31, Bath & Body Works at -8.3% on $17.58, Dycom Industries at -7.7% on $351.80.
By sector, strongest to weakest: Technology +1.0%, Materials +0.9%, Communication +0.8%, Financials +0.4%, Healthcare +0.3%, Utilities +0.3%, Real Estate +0.1%, Industrials -0.0%, Consumer -0.5%, Energy -1.5%. The spread between the best and the worst reading came to 2.5 points, with 156 companies in Technology and 46 in Energy.
7 of the 10 sectors finished higher, covering 581 of the companies here; the 3 that fell hold 401. Technology and Energy pulled hardest in opposite directions.
Money concentrated in Nvidia ($26.1bn), Micron Technology ($17.9bn), Sandisk ($13.4bn) — together 11.7% of everything traded across 982 companies.
Against their own thirty-day averages, turnover stood out in Dick's Sporting Goods (25.6×), Dycom Industries (4.4×), Semtech (3.8×).
Reporting next session: Analog Devices, BILL, The Estee Lauder Companies, Lowe's Companies, Ross Stores. None of them had reported as of this close, so nothing above reflects their figures.
All figures are daily closing bars for the 982 companies in the set, measured against the previous close. The running session is never included.
This text was generated automatically from the closing data for August 25, 2026. It contains no forecasts and no investment advice — only what the numbers say. Do your own research.