Nasdaq rose 1.2% to a 52-week high
The Nasdaq Composite closed at 27,190.86 on 2 October 2026, up 1.19% and just below a record. A headline from MarketWatch said the index closed just below a record and rallied after soft jobs data, even as bond yields rose; CNBC reported that Nvidia led the Nasdaq to an intraday record. Investopedia noted the index reached a new high even as the Dow and the S&P 500 booked weekly losses.
The gain leaves the index 0.2% below its 52-week high of 27,244.28 and 30.76% above its 52-week low of 20,794.64. It is up 0.45% over the past week, 3.71% over the past month and 4.1% over three months, and 16.99% so far this year. It trades above its 50-day simple moving average of 26,306.47 and its 200-day average of 24,729.59.
Peer markets moved on their own clocks. On 2 October, the same session as this close, the S&P 500 rose 0.73% and the Dow 0.49%. A session earlier, on 1 October, the FTSE 100 fell 1.68%, the DAX 1.03%, the CAC 40 1.62% and the Euro Stoxx 50 1.49%, while the Nikkei 225 gained 3.3%, the KOSPI 1.95% and the TAIEX 0.86%. The Sensex closed 0.79% lower and the ASX 200 fell 1.99% on 1 October.
Two index changes and a bond-market move were in the news around the session. A headline from Investing.com said Moderna will join the Nasdaq-100 on Oct. 9, replacing Warner Bros. The Wall Street Journal reported the 10-year Treasury yield rose to a new 24-year high on 30 September.
The data does not settle the driver cleanly. The headlines link Friday's rise to soft jobs data and strength in chip stocks, but they disagree on the bond market's role, one reporting yields rising and another falling, so the session's cause is not established by the evidence at hand.
The numbers
- Level 27,190.86, +1.19% on the day (as of 2026-10-02)
- 1-week +0.45% · 1-month +3.71% · 3-month +4.10% · YTD +16.99%
- 52-week range 20,794.64 – 27,244.28, 0.2% below the high
- Trading above its 50-day average and above its 200-day average
Around the world (same session)
- S&P 500 +0.73%
- Dow +0.49%
- FTSE 100 +0.32%
- DAX +1.17%
- CAC 40 +0.79%
- Euro Stoxx 50 +1.02%
- Nikkei -0.94%
- Hang Seng -2.60%
- Shanghai +0.31%
- KOSPI +0.46%
- TAIEX +0.25%
- ASX 200 +0.79%
- Sensex -0.79%
- Nifty 50 -0.88%
Recent headlines
- Inside the Nasdaq 100: The Stocks Driving Innovation and Market Performance — Investopedia (2d ago)
- Nasdaq Composite Index (.IXIC) — Moomoo (14h ago)
- Moderna to join Nasdaq-100 index on Oct. 9, replacing Warner Bros. — Investing.com (1d ago)
- What is the Nasdaq-100? A Guide to One of the World's Most-Watched Indexes — Nasdaq (45d ago)
- Stock Market Indexes Rally on Inflation Data, Though the Dow Sat It Out — The Motley Fool (2d ago)
- Stock Market Today: S&P 500, Nasdaq 100, Dow Jones Futures Gain as Iran Receives US Proposal To Restore C — Benzinga (2d ago)
- Nasdaq 100 Index Commentary – Monthly Update — invesco.com (24d ago)
- How a Handful of Stocks Can Drive the Nasdaq 100’s Returns — Investopedia (2d ago)
Sources
- Inside the Nasdaq 100: The Stocks Driving Innovation and Market Performance — Investopedia
- Nasdaq Composite Index (.IXIC) — Moomoo
- Moderna to join Nasdaq-100 index on Oct. 9, replacing Warner Bros. — Investing.com
- What is the Nasdaq-100? A Guide to One of the World's Most-Watched Indexes — Nasdaq
- Stock Market Indexes Rally on Inflation Data, Though the Dow Sat It Out — The Motley Fool
- Stock Market Today: S&P 500, Nasdaq 100, Dow Jones Futures Gain as Iran Receives US Proposal To Restore C — Benzinga
- Nasdaq 100 Index Commentary – Monthly Update — invesco.com
- How a Handful of Stocks Can Drive the Nasdaq 100’s Returns — Investopedia
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