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No single relationship in the latest data is strong enough to call out. The figures below are the session as measured.

    S&P 500
    +1.58%
    7,688.62
    Official close · Nov 4
    S&P 500, up 1.58 percent, 7,688.62
    Source
    Observed
    Nov 4, 2026
    Cadence
    One official value per trading day
    Proxy
    SPY, the largest S&P 500 tracking ETF — not the index level
    Nasdaq Comp
    +1.44%
    25,736.51
    Official close · Nov 4
    Nasdaq Comp, up 1.44 percent, 25,736.51
    Source
    Observed
    Nov 4, 2026
    Cadence
    One official value per trading day
    Proxy
    QQQ tracks the Nasdaq-100, which is not the Nasdaq Composite
    Dow
    -3.44%
    51,523.06
    Official close · Nov 5
    Dow, down 3.44 percent, 51,523.06
    Source
    Observed
    Nov 5, 2026
    Cadence
    One official value per trading day
    Proxy
    DIA, a Dow Jones Industrial Average tracking ETF
    Russell 2000
    +0.51%
    3,068.00
    Last verified · Aug 14
    Russell 2000, up 0.51 percent, 3,068.00

    Entered 84 days ago and not refreshed since.

    Source
    Observed
    Aug 14, 2026
    Cadence
    Entered by an editor; does not refresh
    Proxy
    IWM, a Russell 2000 tracking ETF

    Across asset classesEach line carries its own observation time. They are not all from the same moment, and the page will not pretend otherwise.

    Rates & volatility

    10-yr Treasury
    -5.0bp
    4.900%
    Observed Nov 4
    10-yr Treasury, 4.900%, down 5.0bp
    Source
    Observed
    Nov 4, 2026
    Cadence
    One official value per trading day
    Proxy
    CBOE 10-year yield index; the Treasury's own daily figure is the fallback
    VIX
    -20.26%
    16.61
    Observed Nov 4
    VIX, down 20.26 percent, 16.61
    Source
    Observed
    Nov 4, 2026
    Cadence
    One official value per trading day

    Commodities

    Gold
    +0.60%
    $4,375.50
    Last verified · Aug 14
    Gold, up 0.60 percent, $4,375.50

    Entered 84 days ago and not refreshed since.

    Source
    Observed
    Aug 14, 2026
    Cadence
    Entered by an editor; does not refresh
    Proxy
    GLD, a gold ETF — one share is a fraction of an ounce, not the spot price
    WTI Crude
    -0.42%
    $99.64
    Observed Nov 3
    WTI Crude, down 0.42 percent, $99.64
    Source
    Observed
    Nov 3, 2026
    Cadence
    Published daily, typically several days in arrears
    Proxy
    EIA daily spot price via FRED — updated daily, not intraday

    Crypto

    Bitcoin
    -5.31%
    $76,153
    Last close · Nov 5
    Bitcoin, down 5.31 percent, $76,153
    Source
    Observed
    Nov 5, 2026
    Cadence
    One official value per trading day

    What actually movedThe last session we covered in full — Sep 18, 2026, 49 days ago. These are not today's movers, and the board above is.

    XENEXenon Pharmaceuticals -29%
    Safety pause in a second programmeNo confirmed catalyst

    Xenon filed its focal-seizure drug with the FDA — the good news — and in the same release paused enrolment of new patients in its depression and bipolar studies after neuropsychiatric adverse events. The market priced the pause, not the filing. Two announcements, opposite signs, one press release.

    COINCoinbase +6.6%
    SEC innovation exemptionNo confirmed catalyst

    The SEC opened a path for tokenised stocks to trade on-chain under an exemption, which would let venues like this one list equity exposure outside normal market hours. A rule change, not a business result.

    HOODRobinhood +5.9%
    Same rule, same readNo confirmed catalyst

    Moved on the identical SEC exemption. When two competitors rise together on one regulatory sentence, the market is repricing the rules rather than either company.

    NUENucor -5.3%
    Guidance below consensusNo confirmed catalyst

    Third-quarter profit guidance came in under what analysts had modelled, and Steel Dynamics fell with it. Guidance moves steel stocks more than results do, because the results are already half-known from published prices.

    ALMRAlamar Biosciences +15.9%
    None we can identifyNo confirmed catalyst

    One of the session's largest gains, and we could not find a company announcement, filing or analyst action to explain it. It is listed here without a cause because the alternative is inventing one.

    Selected for having an identifiable cause, not for being the largest percentages. A price feed reports that a stock moved; it does not report why. Where no company announcement could be found, the row says so rather than borrowing a reason from the day's news.

    Data health
    7 at last close · 2 stale
    Every field, every source →

    Quotes for index and commodity ETFs come from a market feed during trading hours. Treasury yields, the VIX and WTI come from official daily series and are labelled with the day they were observed, not the day we fetched them. Where we quote a tracking fund instead of an index, the label says so.

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    Market Memory: how unusual is a 4.41% fall in the S&P 500 (SPY)? Larger than 99% of daily moves since 1993; 22 similar sessions on record. See what followed → Historical context, not a forecast.