The session closed without a clear winner: 621 of 981 stocks higher, 331 lower and 29 flat, a ratio of 1.88 to one. Weighted by market capitalisation the whole set moved +0.5%, while the median stock rose 0.5% — the two agree.
49 stocks moved more than 5% — 34 up, 15 down — and 6 of those cleared 10%. 31 names closed at a fresh twelve-month high and 11 at a twelve-month low. Total turnover across the set came to $552.4bn.
Eos Energy Enterprises led the session at +18.8%, closing on $3.61, ahead of Dell Technologies at +15.8% on $492.20, AST SpaceMobile at +11.8% on $62.40. The other end belonged to Credo Technology Group Holding at -20.0% on $165.22, FuelCell Energy at -15.7% on $14.40, MongoDB at -13.5% on $375.40.
By sector, strongest to weakest: Materials +1.8%, Financials +0.9%, Healthcare +0.8%, Communication +0.7%, Technology +0.5%, Consumer +0.2%, Utilities +0.2%, Energy +0.1%, Industrials +0.0%, Real Estate -0.7%. The spread between the best and the worst reading came to 2.4 points, with 52 companies in Materials and 43 in Real Estate.
9 of the 10 sectors finished higher, covering 938 of the companies here; the 1 that fell hold 43. The gain was spread across the board rather than carried by one corner of the market.
Money concentrated in Nvidia ($35.3bn), Micron Technology ($20.5bn), Dell Technologies ($18.1bn) — together 13.4% of everything traded across 981 companies.
Against their own thirty-day averages, turnover stood out in GitLab (6.7×), Credo Technology Group Holding (6.2×), Dell Technologies (6.2×).
Reporting next session: Autodesk, Affirm Holdings, Best Buy, BURLINGTON STORES, Dollar General. None of them had reported as of this close, so nothing above reflects their figures.
All figures are daily closing bars for the 981 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 September 2, 2026. It contains no forecasts and no investment advice — only what the numbers say. Do your own research.