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 -0.08 (Neutral).

The day's moves

VIX: +4.76%, close 15.85VIX+4.76%Gold: +1.86%, close 4,710.00Gold+1.86%EUR/USD: −0.15%, close 1.17EUR/USD−0.15%Euro Stoxx 50: −0.22%, close 6,447.98Euro Stoxx 50−0.22%S&P 500: −0.28%, close 7,652.86S&P 500−0.28%Russell 2000: −0.76%, close 2,995.08Russell 2000−0.76%Nasdaq 100: −0.97%, close 29,023.18Nasdaq 100−0.97%WTI crude: −2.39%, close 84.98WTI crude−2.39%
Yahoo Finance, change at the close, 24 Aug 2026.

Desk view

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Biggest gainers and losers

V: +3.06%V+3.06%WMT: +2.69%WMT+2.69%COST: +2.50%COST+2.50%UNH: +2.22%UNH+2.22%BRK-B: +1.71%BRK-B+1.71%AVGO: −2.63%AVGO−2.63%ORCL: −2.74%ORCL−2.74%NVDA: −2.91%NVDA−2.91%AMD: −3.49%AMD−3.49%TSLA: −3.83%TSLA−3.83%
Andra Markets watchlist of US large caps; Yahoo Finance, change at the close, 24 Aug 2026.

Equities

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S&P 500 sectors

Cons. staples: +1.70%, close 87.45Cons. staples+1.70%Financials: +1.29%, close 58.22Financials+1.29%Utilities: +1.05%, close 43.22Utilities+1.05%Communications: +0.83%, close 112.32Communications+0.83%Real estate: +0.56%, close 45.33Real estate+0.56%Cons. discretionary: +0.24%, close 118.30Cons. discretionary+0.24%Materials: +0.07%, close 53.58Materials+0.07%Health care: +0.05%, close 174.70Health care+0.05%Industrials: −0.69%, close 179.00Industrials−0.69%Energy: −0.83%, close 63.11Energy−0.83%Technology: −1.78%, close 180.05Technology−1.78%
Sector ETFs, Yahoo Finance, change at the close, 24 Aug 2026.

Rates

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Treasury yield curve

3.93%4.54%5.14%3M1Y2Y5Y10Y30Y1 month: 3.80%, 0bp3 month: 3.88%, +1bp6 month: 3.95%, +1bp1 year: 4.03%, +4bp2 year: 4.24%, +5bp3 year: 4.31%, +5bp5 year: 4.43%, +4bp7 year: 4.57%, +4bp10 year: 4.74%, +5bp20 year: 5.25%, +5bp30 year: 5.27%, +4bp

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FRED, close of 21 Aug 2026, the latest published curve.

Credit

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Credit proxies

Long UST (TLT): +0.62%, close 82.56Long UST (TLT)+0.62%US IG (LQD): +0.24%, close 106.18US IG (LQD)+0.24%7-10Y UST (IEF): +0.20%, close 93.017-10Y UST (IEF)+0.20%EM USD (EMB): +0.14%, close 94.85EM USD (EMB)+0.14%US HY (HYG): +0.11%, close 79.70US HY (HYG)+0.11%Loans (BKLN): −0.48%, close 20.50Loans (BKLN)−0.48%
Listed ETFs as proxies for each segment; Yahoo Finance, change at the close, 24 Aug 2026.

FX

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Currencies

Dollar index: +0.19%, close 98.99Dollar index+0.19%USD/JPY: +0.11%, close 159.06USD/JPY+0.11%GBP/USD: −0.07%, close 1.36GBP/USD−0.07%USD/MXN: −0.14%, close 16.92USD/MXN−0.14%EUR/USD: −0.15%, close 1.17EUR/USD−0.15%
Yahoo Finance, change at the New York close. A rise in USD/xxx is a stronger dollar, 24 Aug 2026.

Commodities

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Commodities

Gold: +1.86%, close 4,710.00Gold+1.86%Natural gas: +1.23%, close 2.81Natural gas+1.23%Copper: +0.40%, close 6.61Copper+0.40%Silver: −0.72%, close 68.97Silver−0.72%WTI crude: −2.39%, close 84.98WTI crude−2.39%Brent: −2.54%, close 91.99Brent−2.54%
Front-month futures, Yahoo Finance, change at the close, 24 Aug 2026.

Volatility

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Volatility indices

VIX: +4.76%, close 15.85VIX+4.76%VVIX: +2.75%, close 88.64VVIX+2.75%MOVE: +0.78%, close 73.97MOVE+0.78%
Yahoo Finance, change at the close, 24 Aug 2026.

Digital assets

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Digital assets

Solana: +1.87%, close 97.23Solana+1.87%Bitcoin: +1.63%, close 79,021.96Bitcoin+1.63%Ether: +0.86%, close 2,484.98Ether+0.86%XRP: −2.71%, close 1.48XRP−2.71%
Yahoo Finance, change to the New York close, 24 Aug 2026.

International

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Global equity indices

Bovespa: +0.51%, close 171,906.72Bovespa+0.51%FTSE 100: +0.35%, close 10,854.32FTSE 100+0.35%S&P/TSX: +0.26%, close 36,714.12S&P/TSX+0.26%DAX 40: −0.12%, close 26,106.60DAX 40−0.12%Euro Stoxx 50: −0.22%, close 6,447.98Euro Stoxx 50−0.22%
Yahoo Finance, change at each local close, 24 Aug 2026. 3 without a print that day left out.

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.