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Sectors: Technology Led, Consumer Staples Lagged

Sector Funds, Daily Change %

  1. TechnologyStrongest+ 1.45%XLK
  2. Communication Services+ 0.43%XLC
  3. Industrials+ 0.12%XLI
  4. Energy− 0.02%XLE
  5. Consumer Discretionary− 0.05%XLY
  6. Health Care− 0.06%XLV
  7. Utilities− 0.39%XLU
  8. Financials− 0.59%XLF
  9. Real Estate− 0.68%XLRE
  10. Materials− 0.73%XLB
  11. Consumer StaplesWeakest− 1.28%XLP

What It Shows

The S&P 500 rose 0.31% on the day. Elsewhere: Nasdaq 100 +1.40%, Dow Jones −0.40%, Russell 2000 +0.99%. Of the 11 sector funds, 3 closed higher and 8 closed lower. Technology was the strongest sector (+1.45%) and Consumer Staples the weakest (−1.28%). Across the members of the S&P 500, Nasdaq 100 and Dow Jones, 185 stocks advanced while 322 declined. Among them, the biggest gainer was Rocket Lab (RKLB, +15.39%) and the biggest decliner was Axon Enterprise (AXON, −18.18%). This chart was compiled automatically from closing data until the editor's note is published; it shows how the numbers were distributed, not why they moved. The page will be updated when the commentary arrives.

Percentages are close-to-close, from daily trade bars (Alpaca SIP); every figure in the text appears in that day's data.

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The Market That Day

Nov 6 CloseDay's Poster

Indices

  1. Nasdaq 100QQQ+ 1.40%
  2. S&P 500SPY+ 0.31%
  3. Dow JonesDIA− 0.40%
  4. Russell 2000IWM+ 0.99%

Top Movers

Biggest Gainers

  1. RKLBRocket Lab Corp+ 15.39%
  2. ABNBAirbnb, Inc.+ 11.67%
  3. AMDAdvanced Micro Devices, Inc.+ 11.04%

Biggest Losers

  1. AXONAxon Enterprise, Inc.− 18.18%
  2. MCHPMicrochip Technology Inc− 10.02%
  3. DXCMDexcom Inc− 5.98%

Calendar

  • 08:30October Nonfarm Payrolls Data
  • 08:30October Unemployment Rate Data

65 Companies Reported

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Indices, breadth and top movers come from the same source as the Day's Poster: closing bars for that day and the previous session. Indices are shown through the funds that track them (QQQ, SPY, DIA, IWM); breadth and top movers use today's Nasdaq 100 member list.

Alpaca · SIPUpdated 06:45 NY

To Understand This

What Is an Index?Where the number called the S&P 500 comes from — and why it behaves differently from the Dow.What Is Sector Rotation?Money changing sectors without leaving the market — and how that tracks the economic cycle.