News desk · Evening edition · Friday, August 28, 2026

Equities held near record highs, with the S&P 500 easing 0.25% to 7711.76 and the VIX still subdued at 14.40, keeping the broader bull regime intact. Fed Chair Kevin Warsh's hawkish Jackson Hole speech pushed the 10-year yield to 4.72% and the dollar to 99.66, dragging Tech down 1.53% and breadth to 75% of indices above their 50-day average from 88%. Earnings were mixed as Salesforce jumped and CrowdStrike posted record results, while Marvell and PayPal slid and Fear & Greed cooled to 54 from 58.

auto-generated · written Aug 28, 2026, 4:24 PM EDT

Prices in this edition were taken live, not from stored closes. They were read at the Evening edition slot on Friday, August 28, 2026. Anything named as a cause may come from a headline the desk was given.

Equities

Salesforce stock jumped roughly 20% on strong earnings, lifting the software sector
CrowdStrike shares jumped on record quarterly earnings, drawing new price-target raises
Marvell raised its forecasts but shares slid on analyst skepticism about further upside

Sector and commodities

Georgia Power won regulatory approval for a 3.2-gigawatt OpenAI data-center power deal
Iran tied reopening the Strait of Hormuz to an end of regional conflicts
Boston Scientific shares fell after a cyberattack disrupted its shipment operations

Crypto

trades near $77,486, now down about 2% since first flagged this week

Fixed income

New Fed Chair Kevin Warsh delivered a hawkish, inflation-focused Jackson Hole keynote
U.S. job growth for 2025-2026 was revised lower, adding to weak labor data

DAX (GDAXI)+0.8%

The DAX pushed to a fresh high of 26569.99, shrugging off the US tech pullback and yield spike.

VIX (VIX)-0.8%

The VIX eased to 14.40, showing volatility complacency persisting even as yields and tech wobbled.

Nasdaq Composite (IXIC)-0.5%

The Nasdaq slipped 0.52% to 26402.42, giving back part of yesterday's Nvidia-fueled 1.57% surge.