Saturday, 27 June 2026

Weekend update - US equity indexes

It was a mixed week for US equity indexes, with net weekly changes ranging from +1.4% (R2K), +0.9% (Trans), +0.8% (NYSE comp'), +0.6% (Dow), -1.9% (SPX), to -4.6% (Nasdaq comp').

Lets take our regular look at six of the main US indexes

sp'500

Nasdaq comp'

Dow

R2K

NYSE comp'

Trans

Summary

Four US equity indexes were net higher for the week, with two net lower.

The R2K was sig' higher, whilst the Nasdaq was powerfully lower.

The Dow and R2K broke new historic highs.

Looking ahead

It will a short four day trading week, with Friday CLOSED, ahead of Independence Day. 

Earnings:

M - $AVAV $CNXC

T - $NKE $STZ $PRGS 

W - $GIS $FDS $UNF $MSM $FC $BSET $GBX 

T - $LNN 

F - - 

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Econ-data/events

M - -

T - Case-Shiller HPI, Chicago PMI, Consumer con', JOLTS

W - ADP jobs, PMI/ISM manu', construction

T - Monthly jobs, Weekly jobs, factory orders 

F - *CLOSED*

*As Tuesday is end month/Q2/H1, I'd expect a lot of chop on high vol', with some index rebalancing.

**As Thursday is the lead into the July 4th holiday break, once the econ-data is out of the way, the market will be inclined to be very subdued on low vol' 
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Friday, 26 June 2026

Minor cooling into the weekend

US equity indexes closed on a weak note, SPX -3pts (0.1%) at 7354. Nasdaq comp' -0.2%. Dow -0.1%. The Transports settled -0.5%. R2K -0.2%

SPX – daily


VIX – daily


Summary

Equities opened on a weak note, but all the bears could manage was 7294, and settling -0.05% to 7354

Volatility was ground lower into the weekend, the VIX settling -2.5% to 18.41. 

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Thursday, 25 June 2026

Thursday chop

US equity indexes closed mixed, SPX -0.7pts (0.01%) at 7357. Nasdaq comp' -0.5%. Dow +0.1%. The Transports settled +1.5%. R2K +0.6% 

SPX – daily

VIX – daily


Summary

It was day of moderate chop, the SPX settling effectively flat at 7357. 

Volatility was a little higher, the VIX settling +1.4% to 18.89. 
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It was Deja Vu... all over again



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