The Nasdaq fell 2.86% as Intel sank 28.58% and the semiconductor fund S M H lost 6.98%.
CAMS Closing Market Recap.
Friday, October 30, 2026.
Good evening.
The Nasdaq fell 2.86% as Intel sank 28.58% and the semiconductor fund S M H lost 6.98%.
The S and P 500 lost 1.82%, and the Dow fell 1.09%.
Q Q Q dropped 3.47%, while the technology fund X L K lost 4.89%.
Six of 11 sector funds rose: energy, consumer staples, utilities, health care, materials and real estate.
Energy gained 1.91%, and consumer staples gained 1.41%.
Late in the session, decliners outnumbered advancers 1.8 to 1 on the N Y S E and 3.11 to 1 on Nasdaq.
S P Y and Q Q Q both finished above their 10-day average volume.
Intel fell after issuing a weaker fourth-quarter outlook.
Amazon lost 1.41%, Nvidia fell 4.22%, and Advanced Micro Devices dropped 10.88%.
Reuters tied the technology rout to Intel and Amazon results and concern over whether heavy artificial-intelligence spending will pay off.
B L S said civilian compensation costs rose 0.8% in the third quarter and 3.4% from a year earlier.
The Federal Reserve had kept its target range at 3.75% to 4.00%, with two dissenters favoring an increase.
The 10-year Treasury yield finished near 4.93%, and the V I X ended near 19.7.
The dollar index slipped 0.15%.
W T I crude settled near $104 a barrel, while gold settled near $3,899.
U K maritime officials said the tanker fire was out, the crew was safe and the vessel continued its voyage.
Reports did not identify the attackers or establish a Strait closure or sustained oil-flow interruption.
The close was risk-off, centered in technology, with defensive shares and energy providing an offset.
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