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S&P 500 gains 0.59% to 7757.85 and Nasdaq 100 rises 1.13% at the close

US stocks closed higher on Wednesday, October 21, 2026. The 10-year Treasury yield stood at 5.147% and the US Dollar Index at 101.5100 in late trading.

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by UCapital AI Desk · Global Markets & Macro✦ AIUCapital AI desk · Editorial and AI policy2 min read
S&P 500 gains 0.59% to 7757.85 and Nasdaq 100 rises 1.13% at the close
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KEY POINTS
  1. 01S&P 500 closed at 7757.85, up 45.28 points (0.59%) from 7712.57.
  2. 02Nasdaq 100 closed at 29822.52, up 332.23 points (1.13%) from 29490.28.
  3. 03US 10-year yield stood at 5.147%, up 2.9 bp from 5.118%; US Dollar Index at 101.5100, down 0.46%.
  4. 04Danaher reported EPS of 2.11 USD against a 1.92 USD estimate; Elevance EPS was 6.99 USD against 4.71 USD.

The S&P 500 closed at 7757.85 on Wednesday, up 0.59% from a previous close of 7712.57. The Nasdaq 100 ended at 29822.52, up 1.13% from 29490.28.

What happened

The S&P 500 gained 45.28 points in the session, as of 16:00 New York time. The Nasdaq 100 added 332.23 points.

The US 10-year Treasury yield stood at 5.147% as of 18:59 UTC, up 2.9 bp from a previous close of 5.118%. The US Dollar Index stood at 101.5100 as of 20:45 UTC, down 0.46% from 101.9800. Gold futures stood at 4151.3 as of 20:35 UTC, up 0.21% from 4142.6.

Why it matters

The Nasdaq 100 rose by almost twice the percentage gain of the S&P 500. The 10-year yield edged higher while the dollar index declined, and gold futures rose modestly.

Among earnings released before the open, Danaher reported EPS of 2.11 USD against a 1.92 USD estimate, with revenue of 6.55 billion USD against 6.56 billion USD. Elevance Health posted EPS of 6.99 USD against 4.71 USD, and revenue of 50.44 billion USD against 49.25 billion USD. CME Group reported EPS of 3.02 USD against 2.99 USD. Abbott reported EPS of 1.42 USD, against an estimate of 1.42 USD.

What to watch next

CSX reported after the close: EPS of 0.57 USD against a 0.53 USD estimate, and revenue of 4.02 billion USD against 3.96 billion USD.

Sources:UCapital Markets (ucapital.com)

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