Nasdaq jumped 1.6%
The Nasdaq Composite closed at 26,541.35 on 27 August, up 1.57% on the session, leading the major US benchmarks. The index sits 2.04% below its 52-week high of 27,093.9 and 27.64% above its 52-week low of 20,794.64, above both its 50-day average of 25,951.4 and its 200-day average of 24,301.32.
The recent trend is strong but no longer uniformly up. The Nasdaq is up 8.58% over the past month and 1.82% over the past week, but down 1.4% over the past three months, leaving it 14.2% higher for the year to date.
Global peers at their 27 August closes were mixed. Japan's Nikkei and Korea's KOSPI have since traded — they were down 1.2% and 3.62% at their 31 August closes — while Australia's ASX 200 edged up 0.69% in the same window. Among the 27 August sessions, the S&P 500 rose 0.72% and the Dow 0.20%, Europe split between Germany's DAX up 0.31% and France's CAC 40 down 1.68%, and China's Shanghai rose 1.13% against India's Sensex and Nifty 50 slipping 0.7% and 0.48%.
The news framed the move as tech-driven. A report from FXLeaders said the Nasdaq soared 1.5% as Nvidia sparked a broad tech rally, with the S&P 500 up 0.72%, while Investor's Business Daily flagged anticipation of a Warsh speech and named Marvell, Affirm and PayPal as big movers. Other coverage noted a fresh listing joining the index.
What the data establishes is a tech-led gain that kept the Nasdaq near its 52-week high and ahead on the month and the year. What it does not establish is a fundamental breakout: the three-month return is still negative, and the headlines tie the move to earnings momentum and a pending policy speech rather than a change in the growth outlook.
The numbers
- Level 26,541.35, +1.57% on the day (as of 2026-08-27)
- 1-week +1.82% · 1-month +8.58% · 3-month -1.40% · YTD +14.20%
- 52-week range 20,794.64 – 27,093.90, 2.0% below the high
- Trading above its 50-day average and above its 200-day average
Around the world (same session)
- S&P 500 +0.72%
- Dow +0.20%
- FTSE 100 -0.79%
- DAX +0.31%
- CAC 40 -1.68%
- Euro Stoxx 50 -0.71%
- Nikkei -1.20%
- Hang Seng -0.34%
- Shanghai +1.13%
- KOSPI -3.62%
- TAIEX +0.31%
- ASX 200 +0.69%
- Sensex -0.70%
- Nifty 50 -0.48%
Recent headlines
- Total Return N225 Index Price Nasdaq Composite Total Return Nasdaq Composite Stock Market — Diócesis de Salamanca (17d ago)
- Nasdaq Composite Index Soars 1.5% as NVIDIA Sparks Massive Tech Stock Rally, S&P 500 Up 0.72% — FXLeaders (3d ago)
- Nasdaq Composite — August 28, 2026 — The Eastern Herald (2d ago)
- Market Braces For Warsh Speech; Marvell, Affirm, PayPal Big Movers — Investor's Business Daily (2d ago)
- Nasdaq Composite Index (.IXIC) Options Chain — Moomoo (2d ago)
- Apnimed (APMD) Joins The NASDAQ Composite Index — Yahoo Finance (16d ago)
- Nasdaq-100 Weekly: Nasdaq-100® Index: 2Q2026 Performance Commentary — Nasdaq (41d ago)
- Market Cap Nasdaq 100 Cash Index Companies Nasdaq Tech Index Nasdaq Cash Index Nasdaq Tech 100 Index — Diócesis de Salamanca (17d ago)
Sources
- Total Return N225 Index Price Nasdaq Composite Total Return Nasdaq Composite Stock Market — Diócesis de Salamanca
- Nasdaq Composite Index Soars 1.5% as NVIDIA Sparks Massive Tech Stock Rally, S&P 500 Up 0.72% — FXLeaders
- Nasdaq Composite — August 28, 2026 — The Eastern Herald
- Market Braces For Warsh Speech; Marvell, Affirm, PayPal Big Movers — Investor's Business Daily
- Nasdaq Composite Index (.IXIC) Options Chain — Moomoo
- Apnimed (APMD) Joins The NASDAQ Composite Index — Yahoo Finance
- Nasdaq-100 Weekly: Nasdaq-100® Index: 2Q2026 Performance Commentary — Nasdaq
- Market Cap Nasdaq 100 Cash Index Companies Nasdaq Tech Index Nasdaq Cash Index Nasdaq Tech 100 Index — Diócesis de Salamanca
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