COMMENTARY

Oil retreat and AI names lift the major averages while small caps trail. SPY finished the session near 773.50, up roughly 1.55 percent. QQQ advanced more sharply, closing around 741.50 for a gain near 2.8 percent. IWM lagged with a modest 0.5 to 0.7 percent advance...

Indexes close lower as the rate decision lands and oil softens. The Federal Reserve raised the federal funds target range by 25 basis points to 3.75–4.00 percent, the first increase in three years. Markets opened with modest strength but faded after the announcement...

Indexes ease as tech lags while energy and defensive groups show relative firmness. SPY closed near 761.64, down roughly 0.35 percent on the session. QQQ finished softer in the 0.4 to 0.8 percent range while IWM slipped about 0.3 to 0.4 percent. Volume was orderly...

SPY, QQQ and IWM all finish lower as higher crude and a sharp health-care selloff outweigh relative strength in energy and select technology names. The major averages closed modestly lower on the return from the long weekend. SPY finished near 766, down roughly half a...

Indexes mixed as rate-hike odds firm after the August jobs surprise; semiconductors provide selective leadership on lighter volume. U.S. equities closed the holiday-shortened week on a mixed note Friday as a stronger-than-expected August employment report shifted the...

Indexes close higher with IWM out front as materials and selective cyclicals provide leadership while megacap tech participates selectively. The tape recovered Wednesday after a soft start to the month. SPY advanced 0.46 percent, QQQ gained roughly 0.24 percent, and...

Indexes close lower as energy leads while technology and discretionary lag on rising rates and Middle East tensions. The session opened September on the back foot. SPY finished at 761.73, down 0.69 percent. QQQ closed at 707.80, off 1.25 percent. IWM ended at 290.57,...

Indexes ease as oil rises on Middle East tensions; energy leads while the broader tape digests. Equities finished lower Monday as renewed U.S.-Iran hostilities lifted crude and injected a dose of caution into risk assets. SPY closed near 765.5-766, down roughly 0.4...

SPY slips 0.2%, QQQ 0.7%, IWM 1.4% as leadership rotates and small caps lag The major indexes closed modestly lower Friday in a quiet session. SPY finished at 769.35, down 0.23%. QQQ ended at 716.43, off 0.65%. IWM lagged further, settling at 295.75 for a 1.35%...

SPY +0.7% | QQQ +1.5–1.6% range | IWM +0.3% — selective risk-on as AI leadership reasserts. The major indexes closed higher Thursday, powered by technology after Nvidia delivered a blowout quarter and issued stronger-than-expected longer-term revenue guidance...