The S&P 500 fell 0.9% in October 2026, from 7,651.54 at the September 30 close to 7,580.07 on October 30, according to Cboe index data. It reached its highest close of the month, 7,818.93, on October 6 and ended the month at its lowest close. Below is every PreMarket Daily story published in October, week by week, with the S&P 500 close at the end of each week.
Key takeaways
- S&P 500: 7,651.54 on September 30, 7,580.07 on October 30, a fall of 0.9%.
- Highest close of the month: 7,818.93 on October 6. Lowest: 7,580.07 on October 30.
- Coverage included the September jobs report and CPI, the advance estimate of third-quarter GDP with PCE on October 29, and third-quarter earnings.
S&P 500 weekly closes, October 2026
| Week ending | S&P 500 close |
|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 7,722.72 |
| Oct 9, 2026 | 7,811.54 |
| Oct 16, 2026 | 7,659.44 |
| Oct 23, 2026 | 7,623.68 |
| Oct 30, 2026 | 7,580.07 |
Source: Cboe S&P 500 index daily history.
Week of September 28 (October 1–4)
- Accenture Beats — But the Street Isn’t Fully Buying the AI Services Story (Oct 1, Technology)
- Chips Surge on Micron’s Blowout — But the Broader Tape Isn’t Buying It (Oct 1, Daily Analysis)
- Is Accenture’s 21% Surge Masking a Fragile Broader Market? (Oct 1, Industrials)
- Is the Market’s Narrow Rally Hiding More Damage Than It Shows? (Oct 2, Consumer)
- Can One Jobs Number Break the Market’s Bullish Grip? (Oct 2, Financials)
- Can 29,000 Jobs Force the Fed’s Hand Before December? (Oct 2, Industrials)
- Can Nike’s 8% Plunge Offset Accenture’s Breakout Day? (Oct 2, Industrials)
- Why Is a Jobs Miss Sending Stocks Higher? (Oct 2, Companies)
- Did 29,000 Jobs Just Kill the October Rate Hike? (Oct 3, Economy)
- Can 3 Earnings Reports Settle the Soft-Landing Debate? (Oct 3, Industrials)
- Is Synopsys Worth $84 Billion After Its FY2027 Guidance Shock? (Oct 3, Technology)
- Is the Market Ready for Earnings Season to Do the Heavy Lifting? (Oct 4, Markets)
- Has Nike Hit Bottom, or Is $33 Just a Pit Stop Lower? (Oct 4, Companies)
Week of October 5
- Why Are Stocks Rising While the 10-Year Holds Above 5%? (Oct 5, Economy)
- Can Services Hold the Economy Together After 29,000 Jobs? (Oct 5, Economy)
- Is the $22.6 Billion PTC Deal a Wake-Up Call for Industrial Software? (Oct 5, Markets)
- Why Are Stocks Near Records While the Bond Market Breaks Down? (Oct 5, Markets)
- Is the Nasdaq’s Record Close a Signal or a Trap? (Oct 6, Markets)
- Is the 5.3% 10-Year Yield the Real Ceiling for This Rally? (Oct 6, Pre-Market Briefing)
- Is a $105 Billion Trade Gap the Warning Shot Markets Are Ignoring? (Oct 6, Economy)
- Is MandA the Only Engine Left Driving This Market? (Oct 6, Markets)
- Is the Nuclear Comeback Powering More Than Just One Stock? (Oct 6, Markets)
- Can a 7,800 Close Hold When Only 27% of Stocks Are Participating? (Oct 7, Markets)
- Will the Fed’s September Minutes Shift Rate Expectations Today? (Oct 7, Economy)
- Is the Nuclear Deal Rally Built to Last Beyond 1 Day? (Oct 7, Markets)
- Is $102 Oil the Shock That Finally Breaks This Rally? (Oct 7, Markets)
- Are Bond Yields Already Winning the Fight Against This Rally? (Oct 8, Markets)
- Is $91 Oil the Match That Finally Lights the Inflation Fuse? (Oct 8, Pre-Market Briefing)
- Why Is Defense Money Saving a Struggling Chipmaker? (Oct 8, Markets)
- Is the OpenAI Revenue Shock Enough to Break the Chip Sector? (Oct 8, Markets)
- Is the OpenAI Revenue Miss Enough to Derail the Entire AI Trade? (Oct 9, Markets)
- Can Futures Hold Their Footing After Thursday’s AI-Driven Selloff? (Oct 9, Pre-Market Briefing)
- Why Are Stocks Climbing While the Economy Sends Mixed Signals? (Oct 9, Pre-Market Briefing)
- Is Humana’s 15% Gap-Up Built to Last? (Oct 9, Markets)
- Can Geopolitical Relief Carry Stocks to New Highs? (Oct 9, Markets)
- Can This Rally Hold With Yields at a 24-Year High? (Oct 10, Markets)
- Can Humana’s 12% Star Rating Rally Hold Into Q4? (Oct 10, Weekend Analysis)
- Can Big Bank Earnings Carry the SandP 500 Past 7,844? (Oct 11, Weekend Analysis)
Week of October 12
- Is the Market Ready for Wednesday’s Inflation Test? (Oct 12, Economy)
- Is Salesforce’s 3% Pop the AI Upgrade the Whole Sector Needed? (Oct 12, Markets)
- Is the Semiconductor Selloff Derailing the Broader Market? (Oct 12, Markets)
- Is the SandP 500 Drift a Warning or Just a Holiday Mirage? (Oct 13, Markets)
- Can Big Bank Earnings Rescue a Market Rattled by $93 Oil? (Oct 13, Pre-Market Briefing)
- Can JPMorgan’s Earnings Miss Derail the Bank Rally? (Oct 13, Earnings Watch)
- Is Wall Street’s Split Personality Hiding a Bigger Risk? (Oct 13, Markets)
- Is the AI Trade Cracking Under the Weight of a 17% Chip Rout? (Oct 13, Markets)
- Did Bank Earnings Just Save a Market Running Out of Catalysts? (Oct 14, Markets)
- Will Today’s CPI Print Break the Market’s Fragile Calm? (Oct 14, Pre-Market Briefing)
- Is 3.7% Inflation Enough to Revive Fed Tightening Fears? (Oct 14, Economy)
- Is the Hot CPI Print Finally Breaking Bank Stocks? (Oct 14, Markets)
- Is the Fed’s Next Move Already Priced Into a Falling Market? (Oct 14, Markets)
- Inflation Bites Again — but Only Half the Market Is Listening (Oct 15, Markets)
- Can the Market Hold Its Ground After a 7% Asia Shock? (Oct 15, Pre-Market Briefing)
- Is the Chip Selloff Dragging the Whole Market Down With It? (Oct 15, Markets)
- Is the Market Splitting in Two as Inflation Burns the Chip Trade? (Oct 15, Markets)
- Did the Market Just Prove It Can Survive a Chip Meltdown? (Oct 16, Markets)
- Can TSMC’s 69% Profit Surge Pull the Tape Higher Despite Sticky Inflation? (Oct 16, Pre-Market Briefing)
- Is Hot Inflation Finally Losing Its Grip on the Bond Market? (Oct 16, Economy)
- Is Tesla’s Flying Car Enough to Lift a Cautious Market? (Oct 16, Pre-Market Briefing)
- Is the 55-Day Calm Finally Over for U.S. Stocks? (Oct 17, Markets)
- Is CoreWeave’s $51 Billion Debt Load About to Break the AI Dream? (Oct 17, Weekend Analysis)
- Can Big Tech Earnings Rescue a Market That Just Lost 4% in a Week? (Oct 18, Weekend Analysis)
- Is Microsoft’s 51% Recovery From June Lows the Real AI Story? (Oct 18, Weekend Analysis)
Week of October 19
- Is the Bond Market Finally Letting Stocks Breathe? (Oct 19, Pre-Market Briefing)
- Can Cleveland-Cliffs Hold Its 16% Gap After Earnings? (Oct 19, Markets)
- Is the AI Dip Buying Real, or Just a 1-Day Relief Rally? (Oct 19, Markets)
- Is the Chip Bounce Enough to Save a Fragile Market? (Oct 20, Daily Analysis)
- Is the Bond Market About to Break the Equity Rally? (Oct 20, Pre-Market Briefing)
- Can Housing Data Break the Yield Ceiling Holding Markets Back? (Oct 20, Economy)
- Is a 50% Biotech Pop Hiding the Real Story on This Rally? (Oct 20, Markets)
- Is a Crude Oil Dip Enough to Sustain Today’s Equity Gains? (Oct 20, Markets)
- Is the Average Stock Finally Wresting Control From Megacaps? (Oct 21, Markets)
- Can AI Earnings Offset a $110 Oil Threat? (Oct 21, Pre-Market Briefing)
- Is a Data-Light Wednesday Enough to Stall the Equity Advance? (Oct 21, Markets)
- Can SpaceX Hold Its 11% Gap as 1.3 Billion Shares Loom? (Oct 21, Earnings Watch)
- Is SpaceX Alone Enough to Revive the AI Trade? (Oct 21, Markets)
- Is the AI Earnings Cycle Finally Delivering on Its Promise? (Oct 22, Markets)
- Is a Red-Hot Jobs Market About to Break the Fed’s Patience? (Oct 22, Economy)
- Is Meta’s $145 Billion Capex Bet Breaking the AI Trade? (Oct 22, Markets)
- Is Big Tech’s AI Spending Problem Finally Catching Up With Markets? (Oct 23, Markets)
- Is the Tech Selloff Opening a Crack in the Broader Market? (Oct 23, Pre-Market Briefing)
- Is RingCentral’s 15% Gap Built to Last? (Oct 23, Earnings Watch)
- Is the Nasdaq the Only Lifeboat Left in Friday’s Selloff? (Oct 23, Markets)
- Is $100 Oil the Shock That Breaks the Soft-Landing Story? (Oct 24, Markets)
- Can Mega-Cap Earnings Rescue a Market Already Nervous About the Fed? (Oct 24, Weekend Analysis)
- Is SpaceX Worth $2 Trillion After Its First Profitable Quarter? (Oct 24, Weekend Analysis)
- Can 5 Central Banks and Big Tech Earnings Move Markets in One Week? (Oct 25, Weekend Analysis)
- Is Meta’s AI Spending Binge Worth the $2 Billion Cash Burn? (Oct 25, Weekend Analysis)
Week of October 26
- Is the FOMC Meeting Already Priced In at 5% Yields? (Oct 26, Pre-Market Briefing)
- Is a Quiet Monday Hiding What Could Be the Week’s Biggest Trade? (Oct 26, Economy)
- Is a $50 Billion Gas Merger Enough to Lift a Nervous Market? (Oct 26, Markets)
- Is AI Capital Flow Enough to Hold This Rally Together? (Oct 26, Markets)
- Is the Anthropic IPO Filing Enough to Revive the AI Trade? (Oct 27, Markets)
- Can Durable Goods Hold the Line With the Fed Meeting Today? (Oct 27, Pre-Market Briefing)
- Can 3 Earnings Beats Hold the Rally With the Fed Watching? (Oct 27, Markets)
- Can Mega-Cap Tech Hold the Tape Together on Fed Day? (Oct 28, Pre-Market Briefing)
- Will the Fed Hold Rates While Bond Markets Dare It to Move? (Oct 28, Economy)
- Is Vertiv’s 61% Revenue Surge Enough to Sustain the AI Infrastructure Trade? (Oct 28, Earnings Watch)
- Is the Fed the Only Thing Standing Between Bulls and a New High? (Oct 28, Markets)
- Is Microsoft’s Azure Surge Enough to Offset Alphabet’s Stumble? (Oct 29, Markets)
- Can GDP Save the Tape After Alphabet’s 10% Wipeout? (Oct 29, Economy)
- Is Alphabet’s Search Miss a Canary in the AI Coal Mine? (Oct 29, Earnings Watch)
- Is One Earnings Miss Enough to Break the Whole Tech Trade? (Oct 29, Markets)
- Why Did Tech Sink While the Rest of the Market Floated? (Oct 30, Daily Analysis)
- Is Big Tech’s AI Spending Finally Breaking the Market’s Patience? (Oct 30, Pre-Market Briefing)
- Is Intel’s Guidance Collapse a Warning Shot for All of Tech? (Oct 30, Earnings Watch)
- Is the AI Trade Cracking Under Its Own Weight? (Oct 30, Markets)
- Is the Chip Rout Dragging the Whole Market Down With It? (Oct 31, Markets)
- Can Apple and the Jobs Report Rescue a Bruised November Open? (Oct 31, Weekend Analysis)
- Can Intel Recover From Its Worst Single-Day Collapse in 52 Years? (Oct 31, Weekend Analysis)
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