Weekly Market Movers
The week's biggest winners and losers, sector rotation, index scoreboard and post-earnings moves — screened from roughly 2,000 US stocks using Money365.Market's own daily price, earnings and analyst data. Descriptive record, not advice.
Weekly Market Movers: Week Ending October 9, 2026
Defensive sectors led as utilities and staples gained while tech and industrials lagged
Index & Asset Scoreboard
Weekly price change of the major index and asset-class ETFs, Friday close to Friday close.
| Instrument | Oct 9 close | Week |
|---|---|---|
| S&P 500 (SPY) | $778.57 | ▲+1.16% |
| Nasdaq-100 (QQQ) | $751.27 | ▲+0.23% |
| Dow Jones (DIA) | $516.11 | ▲+0.98% |
| Russell 2000 (IWM) | $278.94 | ▼-0.92% |
| 20+ Yr Treasuries (TLT) | $77.98 | ▲+0.65% |
| Gold (GLD) | $384.58 | ▲+1.17% |
| Crude Oil (USO) | $148.20 | ▲+0.56% |
- S&P 500 rose 1.2% while Russell 2000 fell 0.9%, reflecting large-cap strength and small-cap weakness
- Utilities led at +4.0%, followed by consumer staples and energy both at +3.6%; tech fell 0.5%
- Brazilian financials XP Inc ($XP) rose 49.9% and Nu Holdings Ltd. ($NU) gained 20.0% to lead movers
Sector Rotation
Left: the ten SPDR sector ETFs ranked by weekly price change. Right: breadth inside each sector across the screened universe — how many of its stocks rose, and the average move.
| Sector ETF | Week |
|---|---|
| Utilities (XLU) | ▲+3.97% |
| Consumer Staples (XLP) | ▲+3.60% |
| Energy (XLE) | ▲+3.60% |
| Health Care (XLV) | ▲+2.79% |
| Consumer Disc. (XLY) | ▲+2.55% |
| Financials (XLF) | ▲+2.32% |
| Real Estate (XLRE) | ▲+1.96% |
| Materials (XLB) | ▲+1.17% |
| Industrials (XLI) | ▼-0.41% |
| Technology (XLK) | ▼-0.52% |
| Sector (stocks) | Adv / Total | Avg move |
|---|---|---|
| Utilities | 47 / 61 | +2.56% |
| Energy | 79 / 99 | +2.54% |
| Consumer Staples | 59 / 86 | +1.62% |
| Consumer Discretionary | 119 / 213 | +0.90% |
| Health Care | 160 / 289 | +0.47% |
| Financials | 138 / 336 | +0.33% |
| Real Estate | 48 / 107 | +0.13% |
| Information Technology | 135 / 264 | -0.13% |
| Communication | 39 / 69 | -0.33% |
| Materials | 44 / 93 | -0.38% |
| Industrials | 118 / 317 | -1.28% |
The Week's Biggest Moves
The five largest gains and declines among US-listed stocks above $1B in market cap and $5 a share. Context shows the week's earnings result and latest tracked headline where available; the full ten of each are in the recap.
Top gainers · Oct 2–Oct 9
| Symbol | Week | Context |
|---|---|---|
| XPXP Inc$32.22 | ▲+49.86% | — |
| PCRXPacira Biosciences Inc$36.31 | ▲+44.03% | — |
| OPCHOption Care Health Inc$31.07 | ▲+37.23% | — |
| PTCPTC Inc$194.45 | ▲+35.01% | — |
| STNEStoneCo Ltd$12.46 | ▲+30.47% | — |
Top decliners · Oct 2–Oct 9
| Symbol | Week | Context |
|---|---|---|
| AVBPArriVent BioPharma Inc$16.73 | ▼-40.82% | — |
| CDNLCardinal Infrastructure Group Inc$21.12 | ▼-31.27% | — |
| AEHRAehr Test Systems$84.64 | ▼-21.05% | — |
| YSSYork Space Systems Inc$7.11 | ▼-20.82% | — |
| CLSKCleanSpark Inc$10.49 | ▼-17.62% | CleanSpark (CLSK) Stock Slides as Market Rises: Facts to Know Before You Trade |
Large-Cap Movers
The same ranking restricted to companies above $50B — the names most likely to sit in index funds and 401(k)s.
Large-cap gainers
- NUNu Holdings Ltd. · $77.9B▲+20.03%
- MRNAModerna Inc · $78.6B▲+18.41%
- CEGConstellation Energy Corp · $93.7B▲+15.76%
- CIENCiena Corp · $55.5B▲+14.93%
- AMTAmerican Tower Corp · $76.3B▲+12.36%
Large-cap decliners
- INTCIntel Corp · $594.7B▼-12.26%
- TERTeradyne Inc · $62.3B▼-10.32%
- DEDeere & Co · $185.2B▼-9.62%
- VZVerizon Communications Inc · $191.6B▼-9.30%
- TMUST-Mobile US Inc · $178.5B▼-9.20%
All ten movers, the earnings reactions and the analyst shifts
11 companies in the screen reported this week. The recap adds the post-earnings movers with their EPS surprises, week-over-week analyst buy-share changes and the full methodology.
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