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Market<br>Indexes<br>TickerIndexClosedChgPctDJIADJIA53,463.05+119.65+0.22%SPXS&P 5007,707.98+16.22+0.21%COMPNASDAQ26,331.09+41.38+0.16%RUTRussell 2K3,032.94+15.05+0.50%VIXVIX14.89−0.95−6.00%Sectors<br>TickerSectorClosedChgPctXLVHealth Care175.68+5.95+3.51%XLYCons. Disc.118.59+2.23+1.92%XLBMaterials52.52+0.74+1.43%XLPCons. Staples86.54+0.96+1.12%XLREReal Estate44.99+0.36+0.81%XLCComm. Svcs111.32+0.84+0.76%XLUUtilities44.020.000.00%XLEEnergy63.58−0.10−0.16%XLFFinancials57.48−0.36−0.62%XLIIndustrials181.95−1.62−0.88%XLKTechnology183.64−1.98−1.07%Mega-Cap<br>TickerNameClosedChgPctAAPLApple316.83+6.80+2.19%MSFTMicrosoft484.31+2.68+0.56%NVDANVIDIA217.56−2.18−0.99%AMZNAmazon265.84+6.39+2.46%GOOGLAlphabet344.72+0.52+0.15%METAMeta546.03+2.36+0.43%TSLATesla351.12+14.25+4.23%BRK-BBerkshire499.62−3.34−0.66%AVGOBroadcom362.48−17.35−4.57%JPMJPMorgan357.26−5.99−1.65%<br>Leaders<br>Gainers<br>#NameClosedPctVol1.MRNA, Moderna, Inc.174.38+176.97%185.1M2.TEM, Tempus AI, Inc.61.25+24.09%21.8M3.TWST, Twist Bioscience Corporation142.39+22.64%3.5M4.BNTX, BioNTech SE113.12+21.96%8.6M5.HYMC, Hycroft Mining Holding Corporat27.90+15.34%3.0M6.AMR, Alpha Metallurgical Resources, 194.42+14.74%552.4K7.XXI, Twenty One Capital, Inc.5.55+14.67%1.9M8.HL, Hecla Mining Company20.54+14.43%65.4M9.NG, Novagold Resources Inc.8.46+14.17%6.2M10.KC, Kingsoft Cloud Holdings Limited12.37+14.11%3.4MLosers<br>#NameClosedPctVol1.AEHR, Aehr Test Systems107.96−12.41%2.9M2.FSLY, Fastly, Inc.23.66−11.02%6.7M3.AXTI, AXT Inc73.43−10.79%15.1M4.VICR, Vicor Corporation217.35−10.34%1.5M5.NBIS, Nebius Group N.V.223.90−9.87%49.4M6.PENG, Penguin Solutions, Inc.52.95−9.27%1.6M7.SITM, SiTime Corporation618.71−9.02%511.9K8.MXL, MaxLinear, Inc66.43−8.54%2.9M9.UCTT, Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc.75.01−8.32%1.1M10.ACMR, ACM Research, Inc.77.59−8.04%1.1MMost Active<br>#NameClosedPctVol1.MRNA, Moderna, Inc.174.38+176.97%185.1M2.NU, Nu Holdings Ltd.14.61+1.81%102.7M3.AAL, American Airlines Group, Inc.13.86−1.35%95.6M4.INTC, Intel Corporation92.80−4.02%108.8M5.WBS, Webster Financial Corporation77.57−0.51%91.3M6.NVDA, NVIDIA217.56−0.99%96.9M7.PATH, UiPath, Inc.15.78+1.28%72.8M8.SPCX, Space Exploration Technologies 139.65−2.57%72.5M9.SAN, Banco Santander, S.A. Sponsored14.17−0.49%67.9M10.ONDS, Ondas Inc8.90−1.77%67.4M

ETFs<br>Top ETFs<br>#NameClosedPct1.GDX, Gold Miners97.33+9.42%2.BITO, Bitcoin Futures9.25+5.96%3.IBIT, Bitcoin Spot38.78+5.96%4.XBI, Biotech169.55+5.90%5.ARKK, ARK Innovation83.31+5.26%6.SLV, Silver60.01+4.47%7.GLD, Gold413.84+3.84%8.XHB, Homebuilders108.23+2.15%9.XRT, Retail88.83+1.95%10.SCHD, Dividend35.09+1.68%<br>ETF Losers<br>#NameClosedPct1.HACK, Cybersecurity112.29−2.59%2.KRE, Regional Banks75.00−2.41%3.SOXX, PHLX Semi519.67−2.21%4.SMH, Semiconductors560.92−1.55%5.JETS, Airlines29.91−1.35%6.UNG, Nat Gas10.01−0.89%7.QQQ, Nasdaq 100716.08−0.20%8.SHY, 1-3 Year82.06+0.05%9.USO, Oil130.91+0.19%10.SPY, S&P 500769.06+0.21%

Treasuries<br>TickerNameClosedChgPctIRX13-Week3.70−0.00−0.13%FVX5-Year4.35−0.01−0.32%TNX10-Year4.65−0.05−1.13%TYX30-Year5.19−0.09−1.72%<br>Commodities<br>TickerNameClosedChgPctGCGold4,550.90+5.60+0.12%SISilver67.26+1.44+2.18%CLWTI Crude84.36−0.03−0.04%BZBrent91.69+0.07+0.08%NGNat Gas2.79−0.02−0.75%HGCopper6.49−0.01−0.09%<br>Crypto<br>TickerNameClosedChgPctBTCBitcoin69,023.00−266.44−0.38%ETHEthereum2,244.23−7.70−0.34%