Andra Markets

Market close: quantitative read of the session

Published in quantitative mode. Editorial commentary is unavailable in this edition; tables and exhibits reflect the official close.

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Takeaways

  1. Cross-asset risk score at -0.78 (Defensive).

The day's moves

VIX: +7.52%, close 16.01VIX+7.52%Gold: +2.01%, close 4,579.70Gold+2.01%EUR/USD: +0.81%, close 1.17EUR/USD+0.81%WTI crude: +0.56%, close 86.31WTI crude+0.56%Euro Stoxx 50: 0.00%, close 6,444.46Euro Stoxx 500.00%Nikkei 225: 0.00%, close 65,326.42Nikkei 2250.00%Nasdaq 100: −0.72%, close 29,213.16Nasdaq 100−0.72%S&P 500: −0.87%, close 7,641.16S&P 500−0.87%Russell 2000: −1.34%, close 2,992.43Russell 2000−1.34%
Yahoo Finance, change at the close, 20 Aug 2026.

Desk view

No commentary for this section in this edition.

Biggest gainers and losers

XOM: +0.84%XOM+0.84%AMD: +0.65%AMD+0.65%AVGO: +0.43%AVGO+0.43%KO: +0.17%KO+0.17%V: +0.05%V+0.05%AMZN: −2.16%AMZN−2.16%COST: −2.45%COST−2.45%LLY: −2.81%LLY−2.81%MS: −3.16%MS−3.16%WMT: −9.15%WMT−9.15%
Andra Markets watchlist of US large caps; Yahoo Finance, change at the close, 20 Aug 2026.

Equities

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S&P 500 sectors

Energy: +0.27%, close 63.75Energy+0.27%Real estate: +0.20%, close 45.08Real estate+0.20%Materials: −0.19%, close 52.42Materials−0.19%Technology: −0.29%, close 183.10Technology−0.29%Utilities: −0.57%, close 43.77Utilities−0.57%Communications: −0.57%, close 110.68Communications−0.57%Financials: −0.92%, close 56.95Financials−0.92%Industrials: −1.20%, close 179.77Industrials−1.20%Cons. staples: −1.41%, close 85.32Cons. staples−1.41%Cons. discretionary: −1.61%, close 116.68Cons. discretionary−1.61%Health care: −1.87%, close 172.39Health care−1.87%
Sector ETFs, Yahoo Finance, change at the close, 20 Aug 2026.

Credit

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Credit proxies

Loans (BKLN): +0.10%, close 20.59Loans (BKLN)+0.10%US HY (HYG): −0.19%, close 79.56US HY (HYG)−0.19%7-10Y UST (IEF): −0.41%, close 93.007-10Y UST (IEF)−0.41%EM USD (EMB): −0.46%, close 94.67EM USD (EMB)−0.46%US IG (LQD): −0.48%, close 106.06US IG (LQD)−0.48%Long UST (TLT): −0.82%, close 82.34Long UST (TLT)−0.82%
Listed ETFs as proxies for each segment; Yahoo Finance, change at the close, 20 Aug 2026.

FX

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Currencies

EUR/USD: +0.81%, close 1.17EUR/USD+0.81%GBP/USD: +0.47%, close 1.36GBP/USD+0.47%Dollar index: +0.01%, close 98.84Dollar index+0.01%USD/MXN: −0.64%, close 16.95USD/MXN−0.64%USD/JPY: −0.80%, close 158.28USD/JPY−0.80%
Yahoo Finance, change at the New York close. A rise in USD/xxx is a stronger dollar, 20 Aug 2026.

Commodities

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Commodities

Silver: +3.93%, close 68.31Silver+3.93%Gold: +2.01%, close 4,579.70Gold+2.01%Brent: +1.77%, close 93.24Brent+1.77%WTI crude: +0.56%, close 86.31WTI crude+0.56%Copper: −0.04%, close 6.49Copper−0.04%Natural gas: −1.71%, close 2.77Natural gas−1.71%
Front-month futures, Yahoo Finance, change at the close, 20 Aug 2026.

Volatility

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Volatility indices

VIX: +7.52%, close 16.01VIX+7.52%VVIX: +3.85%, close 89.86VVIX+3.85%MOVE: +2.69%, close 73.18MOVE+2.69%VIX 3-month: −7.21%, close 19.06VIX 3-month−7.21%VIX 9-day: −14.60%, close 14.39VIX 9-day−14.60%
Yahoo Finance, change at the close, 20 Aug 2026.

Digital assets

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Digital assets

XRP: +13.94%, close 1.26XRP+13.94%Bitcoin: +5.04%, close 72,760.40Bitcoin+5.04%Ether: +2.87%, close 2,316.16Ether+2.87%Solana: +2.28%, close 87.32Solana+2.28%
Yahoo Finance, change to the New York close, 20 Aug 2026.

International

No commentary for this section in this edition.

Global equity indices

Bovespa: +0.06%, close 167,927.16Bovespa+0.06%Euro Stoxx 50: 0.00%, close 6,444.46Euro Stoxx 500.00%DAX 40: 0.00%, close 26,091.33DAX 400.00%FTSE 100: 0.00%, close 10,743.40FTSE 1000.00%Nikkei 225: 0.00%, close 65,326.42Nikkei 2250.00%Hang Seng: 0.00%, close 25,495.07Hang Seng0.00%CSI 300: 0.00%, close 4,529.10CSI 3000.00%KOSPI: 0.00%, close 6,471.17KOSPI0.00%S&P/TSX: −0.10%, close 36,365.42S&P/TSX−0.10%
Yahoo Finance, change at each local close, 20 Aug 2026.

Sources

Levels at the official close from Yahoo Finance; the Treasury curve, breakevens and real yields from FRED. Every figure in this note was checked against the session's verified fact pack. The text was drafted with a language model from that fact pack; the methodology explains how.

For information only. Not investment advice.