The market closed decisively higher: 723 of 986 stocks gained against 238 that lost and 25 that finished flat — better than two advancers for every decliner. Weighted by market capitalisation the set moved +1.9%, and the median stock rose 1.5%.
181 stocks moved more than 5% — 162 up, 19 down — and 36 of those cleared 10%. 72 names closed at a fresh twelve-month high and 4 at a twelve-month low. Total turnover across the set came to $826.6bn.
Wayfair led the session at +30.0%, closing on $116.08, ahead of Palantir Technologies at +29.5% on $162.66, Zebra Technologies at +26.5% on $368.83. The other end belonged to Bruker at -21.8% on $50.30, Aptiv at -16.6% on $47.72, Cipher Digital at -15.6% on $20.38.
By sector, strongest to weakest: Technology +4.1%, Materials +2.7%, Industrials +2.5%, Communication +2.3%, Financials +0.9%, Consumer -0.0%, Healthcare -0.0%, Real Estate -0.1%, Utilities -0.6%, Energy -0.7%. The spread between the best and the worst reading came to 4.8 points, with 156 companies in Technology and 46 in Energy.
5 of the 10 sectors finished higher, covering 579 of the companies here; the 5 that fell hold 407. Technology and Energy pulled hardest in opposite directions.
Money concentrated in Micron Technology ($33.5bn), Nvidia ($28.6bn), Palantir Technologies ($28.5bn) — together 11.0% of everything traded across 986 companies.
Against their own thirty-day averages, turnover stood out in Ferguson Enterprises (29.2×), Electronic Arts (19.4×), Aptiv (6.6×).
Reporting next session: ARAMARK, Cardinal Health, CAVA, CoreWeave, Amcor. None of them had reported as of this close, so nothing above reflects their figures.
All figures are daily closing bars for the 986 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 4, 2026. It contains no forecasts and no investment advice — only what the numbers say. Do your own research.