News desk · Evening edition · Friday, October 23, 2026
Equities have stayed near record territory, keeping the broader bull regime intact, even as risk appetite remains fragile beneath the surface. Breadth collapsed further to 0% of tracked indices above their 50-day average, from 13% a day earlier, even as the VIX eased to 19.45. A global equity selloff widened into Asia, with the Nikkei down 2.65% and Shanghai down 1.48%, while the 10-year yield briefly dipped to 5% before AI-driven tech volatility flared again.
From August 28 to October 22, VIX led at +31.88% and Shanghai Composite lagged at -7.44%; 1 of 3 rose.
Drawn from the numbers stored with this edition; the same picture is on its share card.
On October 23, Consumer Staples' move of +3.31% was the highest of its 259 earlier daily moves, the most unusual of the 12 instruments shown. Of those, 9 sit in the outer tenth of their own histories.
The picture on the morning edition's share card, drawn from the numbers stored with that edition, written Oct 23, 2026, 9:51 AM EDT. The evening edition above replaced it as this day's latest edition.
- American Express cuts 5% of workforce, takes $336 million restructuring charge after earnings
- Meta shares down 9% this week, its worst week in four years, now trading near $642.62
- CoreWeave shares extend their slide to $54.23, down 9.6% since first flagged Oct 21
- U.S. crude oil holds above $100 a barrel as Iran warns of military readiness
- Saab defense orders triple following new Gripen fighter jet deal with Ukraine
- Energy sector leads today at +2.60%, the only major sector group higher
- No notable crypto headlines today
- 10-year Treasury yield briefly dropped to 5% on tech-selloff flight to quality, before rebounding to 4.99%
- French government bond yields remain under pressure on debt and political risk, unchanged in severity
Shanghai extended its slide to 3690, now down over 5% this month on persistent selling pressure.
The Dow fell 1.23% today, giving back most of its recent record-high gains in one session.
Germany's DAX slipped again, tracking the broader European and Asian equity selloff this week.