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News desk · Evening edition · Tuesday, September 15, 2026
Equities have stayed near record territory, keeping the broader bull regime intact, even as risk appetite gyrates day to day. Breadth collapsed to zero percent of tracked indices above their 50-day average, down from 13%, as a Wall Street firm cut its S&P 500 target. Energy jumped 2.17% as Middle East tensions widened, keeping oil and yields elevated, while AI-slowdown fears deepened and the Senate blocked crypto legislation.
auto-generated · written Sep 15, 2026, 4:21 PM EDT
Prices in this edition were taken live, not from stored closes. They were read at the Evening edition slot on Tuesday, September 15, 2026. Anything named as a cause may come from a headline the desk was given.
Equities
- Wall Street firm cuts its year-end target, a rare downward revision
- Oracle shares fall further to $140.35, now down almost 10% since Ellison scrapped his stock sale
- Musk again floats a possible merger between SpaceX and
Sector and commodities
- Energy jumps 2.17% today as Middle East conflict widens and oil surges anew
- Trump administration repeals Biden-era power plant emissions rules
- China tightens exit controls on wealthy citizens and tech talent amid economic slump
Crypto
- Senate blocks Clarity Act, stalling crypto market-structure legislation
- Hong Kong exchange CoinEx to shut down as bitcoin drifts near $75,885, down 1.9% since flagged
Fixed income
- US Treasury's cash balance fell $81.7 billion over five sessions to $822.2 billion
Nikkei 225 (N225)-0.8%
The Nikkei 225's slide to 63,484 extends its worst month among major indices, down 7.6%.
Nasdaq Composite (IXIC)-0.8%
The Nasdaq's slip to 25,982 reflects chip-led tech weakness, with breadth cut to zero percent above the 50-day average.
Russell 2000 (RUT)-0.8%
The Russell 2000 sits at 2,870, marking the steepest one-month decline of any major index, down 6.46%.