Session brief · Friday, October 2, 2026 close

Stocks rose. 2,910 rose, 2,095 fell.

11 of 11 sectors finished higher. Technology led at +1.43%; Communication Services lagged at +0.06%.

The biggest liquid gainer was Stablecoin Development (SDEV), up 104.4% in healthcare.

Among benchmarks, QQQ (Nasdaq-100) did best at +1.02% and DIA (Dow 30) did worst at +0.49%.

75 stocks worth $300M+ closed at new highs and 116 at new lows; 36 traded at least three times their usual volume.

Written from 5,180 common stocksSource: Massive / Polygon daily aggregatesHow the brief is written

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Market breadth

5,180 common stocks · previous-session close

▲ 2,910 advancing (56.2%)175 unchanged▼ 2,095 declining (40.4%)

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Top gainers

SDEVStablecoin DevelopmentHealthcare$7.48+104.4%XRPNArmada Acquisition Corp. IIFinancials$39.42+68.2%GOWGOWell Energy TechnologyUnclassified$3.87+29.9%NNBRNNIndustrials$4.51+24.2%NEOVNeoVoltaIndustrials$3.05+21.0%FEAM5E Advanced MaterialsMaterials$3.88+20.1%

Top losers

PSKYParamount SkydanceCommunication Services$4.75−49.1%FHTXFoghorn TherapeuticsHealthcare$2.02−30.8%IARTIntegra LifeSciencesHealthcare$12.68−21.2%GLNDGreenland EnergyEnergy$3.73−15.2%WDCWestern DigitalTechnology$415.29−10.2%STXSeagate Technology HoldingsTechnology$848.99−10.2%

Most active

NVDANvidia135.2M shares$233.95+1.3%MUMicron Technology27.3M shares$1,074.89−2.1%TSLATesla55.3M shares$370.59+4.7%SPCXSpace Exploration Technologies119.9M shares$158.96+7.4%SNDKSandisk8.2M shares$1,719.99−3.8%AMDAdvanced Micro Devices19.9M shares$633.91+3.0%

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Mon, Oct 5CCL est $1.36

Thu, Oct 8PEP est $2.30 TLRY est $-0.19

Fri, Oct 9DAL est $1.88

Tue, Oct 13JPM est $5.91 JNJ est $2.78 UNH est $4.12 GS est $14.27+2 more

Wed, Oct 14BAC est $1.11

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