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News desk · Evening edition · Friday, October 30, 2026

Equities remain near record territory and the broader bull regime is intact, though risk appetite is still fragile underneath. The tech sell-off deepened into the close, with the Nasdaq Composite down 2.86% and the S&P 500 down 1.82%. The VIX jumped 15.06% to 19.79, and St. Louis Fed's Musalem said tighter policy is needed soon.

auto-generated · written Oct 30, 2026, 4:21 PM EDT
-20%20%+1.47%+5.27%+7.98%Nasdaq CompositeS&P 500VIXChange since May 4MayJunJulAugSepOctCorticorp Finance, daily closes rebased to 0%. As of Oct 30, 2026

Over the 126 sessions to October 30, VIX led at +7.98% and Nasdaq Composite lagged at +1.47%; 3 of 3 rose.

Drawn from the numbers stored with this edition; the same picture is on its share card.

Today's move as a percentile of each instrument's own past daily moves (259 earlier days)Communication Services-1.87%, 3rdNasdaq Composite-1.38%, 12thS&P 500-0.30%, 30thVIX-2.66%, 37thDAX+1.31%, 92ndNatural Gas+4.79%, 92ndConsumer Staples+1.54%, 94thLean Hogs+2.09%, 95thFinancials+1.44%, 95thUtilities+1.53%, 97thHealth Care+2.40%, 98thReal Estate+2.21%, 100thlowest50thhighestShaded: outer tenth. 29 more not shown. 2 not drawn.

On October 30, Real Estate's move of +2.21% was higher than 99% 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 30, 2026, 9:35 AM EDT. The evening edition above replaced it as this day's latest edition.

Equities
  • The closed down 1.82% at 7580.07, and the fell 1.66% to 2811.84.
  • Google lost nearly half a trillion dollars in market value this week as the tech sell-off deepened.
  • traded at 240.35 after earnings, and Intel plunged about 25% in premarket trading.
Sector and commodities
  • Technology fell 4.89% on the day, while Energy rose 1.91% and Consumer Staples gained 1.41%.
  • Iran says four tankers struck mines in the Strait of Hormuz, disputing a U.S. claim lanes are clear.
  • Higher cocoa and sugar prices push Halloween candy costs up, with Hershey exposed.
Crypto
  • Binance reports a $6.3 billion crypto hack, with billions of dollars in assets frozen.
Fixed income
  • St. Louis Fed's Musalem says tighter monetary policy is needed soon, following this week's decision to hold rates.
  • The Treasury set the Series I bond rate at 5.51% through April 2027.
S&P 500 (GSPC)-1.8%
Oct 5about 4 weeksOct 30

The S&P 500 fell to 7580.07, its lowest close in this window, after a sharp one-day drop.

Russell 2000 (RUT)-1.7%
Oct 5about 4 weeksOct 30

The Russell 2000 gave back part of its recent run, falling to 2811.84 from a window high.

Nikkei 225 (N225)+1.1%
Oct 1about 4 weeksOct 29

The Nikkei rose 1.10% to 64659.47 on Oct 29, its third straight gain, still below early October.