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 -0.25 (Neutral).

The day's moves

WTI crude: +3.99%, close 103.44WTI crude+3.99%VIX: +2.21%, close 19.45VIX+2.21%Nasdaq 100: 0.00%, close 28,957.53Nasdaq 1000.00%EUR/USD: −0.27%, close 1.12EUR/USD−0.27%Russell 2000: −0.29%, close 2,775.90Russell 2000−0.29%Euro Stoxx 50: −0.31%, close 6,068.22Euro Stoxx 50−0.31%Nikkei 225: −0.34%, close 62,693.16Nikkei 225−0.34%S&P 500: −0.52%, close 7,623.68S&P 500−0.52%Gold: −1.24%, close 4,010.00Gold−1.24%
Yahoo Finance, change at the close, 23 Oct 2026.

Desk view

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Biggest gainers and losers

CVX: +2.88%CVX+2.88%XOM: +2.79%XOM+2.79%AMD: +1.74%AMD+1.74%MSFT: +0.66%MSFT+0.66%ORCL: +0.49%ORCL+0.49%GS: −1.75%GS−1.75%NFLX: −1.79%NFLX−1.79%MS: −2.44%MS−2.44%LLY: −2.54%LLY−2.54%KO: −2.76%KO−2.76%
Andra Markets watchlist of US large caps; Yahoo Finance, change at the close, 23 Oct 2026.

Equities

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S&P 500 sectors

Energy: +2.60%, close 69.33Energy+2.60%Technology: +0.49%, close 183.23Technology+0.49%Real estate: +0.12%, close 42.57Real estate+0.12%Utilities: −0.72%, close 42.56Utilities−0.72%Materials: −0.73%, close 51.31Materials−0.73%Health care: −1.11%, close 179.28Health care−1.11%Industrials: −1.27%, close 164.62Industrials−1.27%Financials: −1.32%, close 55.90Financials−1.32%Cons. discretionary: −1.66%, close 113.10Cons. discretionary−1.66%Communications: −1.78%, close 105.51Communications−1.78%Cons. staples: −1.92%, close 88.26Cons. staples−1.92%
Sector ETFs, Yahoo Finance, change at the close, 23 Oct 2026.

Rates

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Treasury yield curve

4.21%4.78%5.35%3M1Y2Y5Y10Y30Y1 month: 4.11%, +2bp3 month: 4.22%, −3bp6 month: 4.29%, −6bp1 year: 4.41%, −11bp2 year: 4.65%, −16bp3 year: 4.72%, −17bp5 year: 4.78%, −17bp7 year: 4.86%, −17bp10 year: 4.96%, −17bp20 year: 5.32%, −15bp30 year: 5.29%, −13bp

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FRED, close of 22 Oct 2026, the latest published curve.

Credit

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Credit proxies

US HY (HYG): −0.07%, close 77.05US HY (HYG)−0.07%Loans (BKLN): −0.15%, close 20.26Loans (BKLN)−0.15%7-10Y UST (IEF): −0.16%, close 91.057-10Y UST (IEF)−0.16%EM USD (EMB): −0.22%, close 91.65EM USD (EMB)−0.22%US IG (LQD): −0.41%, close 103.85US IG (LQD)−0.41%Long UST (TLT): −0.49%, close 81.34Long UST (TLT)−0.49%
Listed ETFs as proxies for each segment; Yahoo Finance, change at the close, 23 Oct 2026.

FX

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Currencies

Dollar index: +0.14%, close 101.75Dollar index+0.14%GBP/USD: −0.15%, close 1.34GBP/USD−0.15%USD/CNY: −0.26%, close 6.66USD/CNY−0.26%EUR/USD: −0.27%, close 1.12EUR/USD−0.27%USD/JPY: −0.83%, close 156.81USD/JPY−0.83%
Yahoo Finance, change at the New York close. A rise in USD/xxx is a stronger dollar, 23 Oct 2026. 1 without a print that day left out.

Commodities

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Commodities

Natural gas: +8.98%, close 3.05Natural gas+8.98%WTI crude: +3.99%, close 103.44WTI crude+3.99%Copper: +2.12%, close 6.50Copper+2.12%Gold: −1.24%, close 4,010.00Gold−1.24%Brent: −1.33%, close 111.66Brent−1.33%Silver: −1.47%, close 53.96Silver−1.47%
Front-month futures, Yahoo Finance, change at the close, 23 Oct 2026.

Volatility

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Volatility indices

VIX: +2.21%, close 19.45VIX+2.21%VIX 3-month: +1.79%, close 20.48VIX 3-month+1.79%VVIX: +1.63%, close 109.70VVIX+1.63%VIX 9-day: −0.85%, close 18.70VIX 9-day−0.85%MOVE: −3.30%, close 103.31MOVE−3.30%
Yahoo Finance, change at the close, 23 Oct 2026.

Digital assets

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Digital assets

Ether: +0.66%, close 2,401.83Ether+0.66%Solana: +0.40%, close 103.96Solana+0.40%Bitcoin: +0.09%, close 81,384.17Bitcoin+0.09%XRP: +0.05%, close 1.31XRP+0.05%
Yahoo Finance, change to the New York close, 23 Oct 2026.

International

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Global equity indices

Hang Seng: +0.69%, close 23,093.37Hang Seng+0.69%Bovespa: +0.47%, close 205,082.56Bovespa+0.47%KOSPI: +0.30%, close 5,550.30KOSPI+0.30%Euro Stoxx 50: −0.31%, close 6,068.22Euro Stoxx 50−0.31%FTSE 100: −0.32%, close 10,690.36FTSE 100−0.32%Nikkei 225: −0.34%, close 62,693.16Nikkei 225−0.34%S&P/TSX: −0.52%, close 35,788.18S&P/TSX−0.52%DAX 40: −0.75%, close 25,181.65DAX 40−0.75%
Yahoo Finance, change at each local close, 23 Oct 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.