10/31/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 10/31/2026 04:10
The S&P 500 slid 1.8% on Friday, October 30, while the Nasdaq-100 fell 3.5% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 1.1%. The S&P 500 is now down 0.6% over five trading days and down 1.1% over the past month.
Within the S&P 500, 228 stocks rose and 275 fell. FedEx Freight (FDXF) gained 14.9% to lead the day, while Reddit (RDDT) fell 29.2%, the weakest showing.
Friday's S&P 500 Winners
The 10 S&P 500 stocks with the highest returns on Friday:
| # | Ticker | Company Name |
1-D Returns |
YTD Returns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FDXF | FedEx Freight | 14.9% | n/a |
| 2 | REGN | Regeneron Pharmaceuticals | 13.3% | 20.7% |
| 3 | GPN | Global Payments | 13.0% | 26.4% |
| 4 | GDDY | GoDaddy | 10.7% | -5.5% |
| 5 | CSGP | CoStar | 7.2% | -55.1% |
| 6 | CBOE | Cboe Global Markets | 6.8% | 34.7% |
| 7 | VLTO | Veralto | 6.8% | 11.8% |
| 8 | TMUS | T-Mobile US | 6.2% | -21.7% |
| 9 | TYL | Tyler Technologies | 5.4% | -13.1% |
| 10 | LYB | LyondellBasell Industries | 5.0% | 63.8% |
Friday's S&P 500 Losers
And the 10 S&P 500 stocks with the lowest returns on Friday:
| # | Ticker | Company Name |
1-D Returns |
YTD Returns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RDDT | -29.2% | -60.1% | |
| 2 | INTC | Intel | -28.6% | 78.2% |
| 3 | ILMN | Illumina | -18.6% | 79.9% |
| 4 | TWLO | Twilio | -15.2% | 44.1% |
| 5 | SNDK | SanDisk | -13.5% | 384.8% |
| 6 | DDOG | Datadog | -11.5% | 73.0% |
| 7 | COHR | Coherent | -11.3% | 14.0% |
| 8 | QCOM | Qualcomm | -11.1% | -2.2% |
| 9 | AMD | Advanced Micro Devices | -10.9% | 135.7% |
| 10 | DELL | Dell Technologies | -10.8% | 240.6% |
Some Of Friday's Biggest Moves Were Weeks In The Making
Reddit (RDDT) added to a longer slide: after Friday's 29.2% decline, the stock is down 38.7% over the past month, and it was already down 13.3% before Friday.
The 28.6% decline in Intel (INTC) on Friday was not a one-off: the stock is down 45.2% over the past month, and down 23.3% over the sessions before Friday.
Twilio (TWLO) appears on both the one-day and one-month losers lists. It fell 15.2% on Friday and is down 31.9% over the past month; excluding Friday, it had already lost 19.7% over the other sessions.
Movers Over The Last Week
Widening the window to five trading days, these are the strongest and weakest names in the S&P 500:
Winners
| # | Ticker | Company Name |
1-W Returns |
YTD Returns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PNR | Pentair | 19.8% | -35.4% |
| 2 | VRT | Vertiv | 19.6% | 43.6% |
| 3 | CVNA | Carvana | 18.1% | -19.1% |
| 4 | GEN | Gen Digital | 17.1% | 8.8% |
| 5 | GPN | Global Payments | 16.9% | 26.4% |
| 6 | NCLH | Norwegian Cruise Line | 16.4% | -21.3% |
| 7 | CMG | Chipotle Mexican Grill | 15.9% | -13.8% |
| 8 | HII | Huntington Ingalls Industries | 15.6% | -5.7% |
| 9 | REGN | Regeneron Pharmaceuticals | 15.3% | 20.7% |
| 10 | GM | General Motors | 15.1% | 8.2% |
Losers
| # | Ticker | Company Name |
1-W Returns |
YTD Returns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RDDT | -36.4% | -60.1% | |
| 2 | NOW | ServiceNow | -33.9% | -31.4% |
| 3 | FFIV | F5 | -25.7% | 32.5% |
| 4 | FTNT | Fortinet | -24.4% | 71.4% |
| 5 | INTC | Intel | -24.4% | 78.2% |
| 6 | TWLO | Twilio | -21.7% | 44.1% |
| 7 | XYL | Xylem | -15.0% | -31.4% |
| 8 | HPQ | HP | -14.4% | 34.2% |
| 9 | MRVL | Marvell Technology | -14.1% | 131.5% |
| 10 | FICO | Fair Isaac | -12.8% | -57.9% |
Movers Over The Last Month
And over the last 21 trading days, the strongest and weakest names in the S&P 500:
Winners
| # | Ticker | Company Name |
1-M Returns |
YTD Returns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CCI | Crown Castle | 34.1% | 3.7% |
| 2 | PTC | PTC | 33.5% | 12.2% |
| 3 | HAS | Hasbro | 32.4% | 48.5% |
| 4 | EFX | Equifax | 32.1% | -14.2% |
| 5 | GEN | Gen Digital | 30.9% | 8.8% |
| 6 | ROP | Roper Technologies | 29.0% | 5.8% |
| 7 | REGN | Regeneron Pharmaceuticals | 26.3% | 20.7% |
| 8 | LMT | Lockheed Martin | 26.0% | 34.1% |
| 9 | PNR | Pentair | 25.9% | -35.4% |
| 10 | DOW | DOW | 25.8% | 53.5% |
Losers
| # | Ticker | Company Name |
1-M Returns |
YTD Returns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | INTC | Intel | -45.2% | 78.2% |
| 2 | RDDT | -38.7% | -60.1% | |
| 3 | SNDK | SanDisk | -35.6% | 384.8% |
| 4 | COHR | Coherent | -34.1% | 14.0% |
| 5 | TER | Teradyne | -34.0% | 41.9% |
| 6 | TWLO | Twilio | -31.9% | 44.1% |
| 7 | STX | Seagate Technology | -31.8% | 134.8% |
| 8 | LRCX | Lam Research | -29.7% | 40.1% |
| 9 | FIX | Comfort Systems USA | -26.9% | 32.3% |
| 10 | BE | Bloom Energy | -26.8% | 133.8% |
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