The market closed decisively higher: 657 of 980 stocks gained against 298 that lost and 25 that finished flat — better than two advancers for every decliner. Weighted by market capitalisation the set moved +1.1%, and the median stock rose 0.7%.
54 stocks moved more than 5% — 45 up, 9 down — and 16 of those cleared 10%. 34 names closed at a fresh twelve-month high and 5 at a twelve-month low. Total turnover across the set came to $597.7bn.
Strategy led the session at +17.6%, closing on $144.82, ahead of Robinhood Markets at +16.6% on $124.72, Snowflake at +16.6% on $356.47. The other end belonged to Amphenol at -48.7% on $82.07, Victorias Secret at -13.2% on $73.64, Ciena at -10.4% on $317.46.
By sector, strongest to weakest: Communication +2.1%, Financials +1.6%, Technology +1.5%, Real Estate +1.2%, Consumer +1.1%, Utilities +0.9%, Materials +0.4%, Healthcare +0.3%, Industrials +0.0%, Energy -0.6%. The spread between the best and the worst reading came to 2.7 points, with 46 companies in Communication and 46 in Energy.
9 of the 10 sectors finished higher, covering 934 of the companies here; the 1 that fell hold 46. The gain was spread across the board rather than carried by one corner of the market.
Money concentrated in Nvidia ($30.8bn), Tesla ($23.9bn), Micron Technology ($23.2bn) — together 13.0% of everything traded across 980 companies.
Against their own thirty-day averages, turnover stood out in The Campbell's (6.8×), Planet Labs PBC (5.5×), lululemon athletica (5.3×).
Reporting next session: Credo Technology Group Holding, Dell Technologies, GitLab, Macy's, MongoDB. None of them had reported as of this close, so nothing above reflects their figures.
All figures are daily closing bars for the 980 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 3, 2026. It contains no forecasts and no investment advice — only what the numbers say. Do your own research.