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Nakagai Daily Brief

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Thu 1 Oct 2026

Before the open, every trading day

Premarket

S&P 500SPY
+0.41%
at 765.50
Nasdaq 100QQQ
+0.58%
at 743.80
DowDIA
n/a
No premarket print
Russell 2000IWM
n/a
No premarket print

IEX premarket price against the prior close.

Stocks closed mixed, and premarket trade points the S&P 500 and Nasdaq higher.

Tone

The S&P 500 closed down 0.27 percent, the Dow fell 0.86 percent, and the Nasdaq 100 gained 0.21 percent. Premarket, the S&P 500 is up 0.41 percent and the Nasdaq 100 up 0.58 percent. Dow and Russell 2000 premarket prices are not in yet. The structure score is 60, balanced: mid-range, with no strong trend. Premarket gains run against the down close, but the balanced reading is the bigger picture.

Fed official Kashkari said the resilient economy keeps surprising him, and labor market pain is not needed to reach the Fed's goal. Trump said he may increase Iran strikes after the midterms if there is no deal. Amazon and Constellation Energy signed a 20-year nuclear power deal, and Constellation stock soared. A supplier issue paused Ford's F-150 production, hitting wholesale deliveries.

The economic calendar is empty. Accenture, McCormick and Acuity report before the open, Nike after the close.

Structure

Balanced60/100

Describes where SPY stands now. Not a forecast.

  • SPY below its 20-day average+0
  • 20-day average above the 50-day+25
  • In the middle third of its 20-day range+12.44
  • IEX premarket +0.4% vs prior close+22.86

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Today

Economic releases

No scheduled releases

Earnings

  • ACNAccenture plcpre-market
  • NKENike, Inc.after close
  • MKCMcCormick & Company, Incorporatedpre-market
  • MKC.VMcCormick & Company, Incorporatedpre-market
  • AYIAcuity Inc.pre-market
  • VFSVinFast Auto Ltd.
  • HUBGHub Group, Inc.
  • DAVAEndava plc
  • EONREON Resources Inc.
  • ALARAlarum Technologies Ltd.

Key levels

LevelS&P 500SPYNasdaq 100QQQDowDIARussell 2000IWM
Prior close762.34739.51508.37277.96
Prior high769.41745.07513.88280.47
Prior low762.24739.46508.37277.88
5-day high772.26745.84517.89283.49
5-day low762.24731.65508.37277.42
IEX premarket765.50743.80n/an/a

Informational only. Not financial advice or a trade signal.