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Nasdaq fell 0.8%

Strota Newsroom · Global Markets · session of 2026-08-25 · market close

Nasdaq Composite closed at 25,980.19 on 2026-08-24, fell 0.8% on the session and is +11.8% year-to-date. Here is what the market data shows.

The Nasdaq Composite slipped on its latest session, closing at 25980.19 on 2026-08-24 for a loss of 0.76%. The decline was modest against a board where the Dow managed a small gain while chip-related weakness weighed on the technology-heavy benchmark.

The index sits close to the top of its yearly range. Its 52-week high stands at 27093.9 and its 52-week low at 20794.64, leaving it 4.11% below the high and 24.94% above the low. It finished above both its 50-day average of 25953.93 and its 200-day average of 24255.0. Over recent windows it is down 2.49% for the week and 1.38% over three months, though up 4.02% for the month and 11.78% year to date.

Peer markets show a mixed, date-staggered picture, and their most recent closes are not all from the same trading day. Among US gauges on 2026-08-24, the S&P 500 eased 0.28% while the Dow rose 0.26%. European closes dated 2026-08-21 were firmer: the FTSE 100 added 0.64%, the DAX 0.59%, the CAC 40 0.37% and the Euro Stoxx 50 0.63%. Asian and Pacific readings split between 2026-08-25 and 2026-08-21: the Nikkei fell 1.5% and the KOSPI dropped 5.3% on the later date, while the ASX 200 rose 1.01%; the Hang Seng gained 1.21%, Shanghai was flat at 0.04%, TAIEX rose 0.65%, and India's Sensex and Nifty 50 were little changed at 0.0% and 0.08% on 2026-08-21.

News flow was thin. According to a headline from The Motley Fool published about five hours after the close, the Dow edged higher as chip weakness pressured the Nasdaq during the midday session. Other recent items about the index were reference pieces and commentary rather than fresh reporting on the day's move.

The data does not establish a single clear driver for the 0.76% dip. The index remains near its 52-week high and above its main moving averages, so the session reads as a small pullback within a longer uptrend rather than a break in trend.

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How this article was made: Strota assembled the market data above (the index's price history, same-session peer-market moves and public headlines) and an AI model wrote the narrative strictly from that evidence — it is not permitted to add outside facts or numbers. Every figure comes from the underlying market/public data.