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US stocks mostly lower, Nasdaq 100 edges up
Major US stock indices ended lower except for the Nasdaq 100, which eked out a small gain.
31/08/2026 20:315 min read
The main US equity benchmarks finished in negative territory. The S&P 500 declined 0.33%, and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 0.12%.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average posted the steepest loss among the major indexes, dragged down by drops in Amazon (-2.50%), Honeywell (-1.79%) and Sherwin-Williams (-1.73%). Meanwhile, the Nasdaq 100 managed a marginal rise of 0.08%. The closing levels for the major indexes are listed below:
- Dow Industrial Average: down 374.02 points, or 0.70%, closing at 53,191.33
- S&P 500: down 25.60 points, or 0.33%, closing at 7,686.15
- Nasdaq Composite: down 31.53 points, or 0.12%, closing at 26,370.89
- Russell 2000: down 15.92 points, or 0.54%, closing at 2,956.45
- Nasdaq 100: up 23.55 points, or 0.08%, closing at 29,456.97
Among the day's standout gainers were:
- Roblox (RBLX): up 7.16% at $41.29
- CrowdStrike (CRWD): up 5.77% at $231.00
- Tesla (TSLA): up 5.51% at $367.95
- SanDisk (SNDK): up 5.50% at $1,566.70
- Strategy (MSTR): up 4.42% at $132.94
Some notable losers in the session were:
- Celsius (CELH): down 4.64% at $31.45
- Lyft (LYFT): down 4.52% at $16.90
- Wynn Resorts (WYNN): down 4.18% at $91.28
- Alibaba (BABA): down 4.10% at $114.02
- Uber Technologies (UBER): down 4.02% at $75.65
- Shopify (SHOP): down 3.62% at $147.37
The final readings could have been steeper. During the session, the Nasdaq Composite touched a low of -152.60 points, and the S&P 500 hit a low of -46.69 points. The Nasdaq 100 fell as much as 128.93 points before recovering to close up 23.55 points.
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