Stock Market Today: S&P 500 Climbs 1.31% to 7,619.38 as Technology Leads
The S&P 500 rose 1.31% to close at 7,619.38, with the Nasdaq Composite up 1.60% and technology stocks leading the advance.
- The S&P 500 rose 1.31% to 7,619.38, while the VIX fell 10.12% to 17.49.
- Information Technology gained 3.23%, and 875 S&P Composite 1500 stocks advanced versus 614 that declined.
- Cisco and Applied Materials report after the close Thursday, with EPS estimates of $1.15 and $4.06.
Major indexes
The S&P 500 gained 98.45 points to finish at 7,619.38, up 11.30% year to date. The Nasdaq Composite added 400.32 points, or 1.60%, to close at 25,466.19, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 254.60 points, or 0.49%, to 52,486.49. The Russell 2000 gained 0.88% to 2,846.26 and is up 14.68% year to date.
Sectors
Information Technology was the strongest sector, rising 3.23% as measured by XLK, and Energy followed with a 1.86% gain. Industrials rose 1.33%, while Consumer Discretionary was the only sector to decline, slipping 0.05%. Health Care (+0.04%) and Real Estate (+0.02%) were nearly flat.
Market breadth
Across the S&P Composite 1500, 875 stocks advanced and 614 declined. About 63.00% of the index universe traded above its 50-day moving average and 57.00% above its 200-day average. The market recorded 35 new 52-week highs against 17 new 52-week lows.
Notable movers
CoreWeave jumped 24.71% to $60.77 on 2.13 times its normal relative volume, and Azenta rose 20.80%. Resideo Technologies gained 18.25% on 5.20 times relative volume, and Sandisk climbed 13.69% to $977.69. Among the large caps, Micron Technology rose 11.89% to $811.30 and Advanced Micro Devices gained 7.32% to $552.90. On the downside, Mirion Technologies fell 8.10%, Tetra Tech dropped 7.48% on 5.05 times relative volume, and Yeti slid 4.42%.
Volatility, rates and commodities
The VIX fell 10.12% to 17.49. The 10-year Treasury yield closed at 5.00%, up 0.3%. WTI crude oil rose 0.44% to $86.42, while gold slipped 0.89% to $3,994.30. Bitcoin gained 0.90% to 74,386.62 but remains down 15.00% year to date.
On deck for Thursday
Cisco Systems and Applied Materials are scheduled to report after the close on 2026-11-12, with consensus EPS estimates of $1.15 and $4.06, respectively. Nebius Group reports before the open with an estimate of -$0.61 per share. YETI Holdings, which fell 4.42% today, is also scheduled to report before the open, with an estimate of $0.73 per share.
Written with AI from the closing data in the tables on this page; every figure in the text was checked against that data before publishing. Prices are end-of-day. Not investment advice.