The Dow rose 1.02% as health care and small caps led a broad rotation, while the Nasdaq finished nearly flat.
CAMS Closing Market Recap.
Tuesday, October 20, 2026.
Good afternoon.
The Dow rose 1.02% as health care and small caps led a broad rotation, while the Nasdaq finished nearly flat.
The S and P 500 closed near 7,713, up 0.28%.
The Nasdaq closed near 26,425, down 0.02%.
The Russell 2000 gained 1.67%, and the equal-weight S and P fund rose 1.15%.
Ten of 11 tracked sector funds finished higher.
Health care gained 2.37%, real estate rose 1.70%, and utilities added 1.26%.
Technology fell 0.28%, and the semiconductor fund lost 0.38%.
The cap-weighted S and P fund traded about 30 million shares, below its 10-day average.
The 10-year Treasury yield was near 5.12%, below Monday's close.
The 2-year yield edged higher.
The dollar index fell 0.26%, and the V I X dropped 6.07% to 17.32.
November West Texas Intermediate crude finished near $101 a barrel, down 2.48%.
December gold was near $4,140.
September housing starts fell 5.2% to an annual rate of about 1.22 million.
The report helped keep longer-term yields lower ahead of next week's Federal Reserve decision.
Earnings reactions split.
Three M gained 5.78% after its profit beat estimates.
Northrop Grumman rose 4.57% after results, while General Motors fell 6.84% despite beating expectations.
Artificial-intelligence financing concerns remained unresolved, and the semiconductor fund finished lower.
Meta and Tesla are scheduled to report Wednesday.
The next test is whether broad participation holds while technology steadies.
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