What the stock market did today, in plain words — updated every morning and every hour while the market is open. No jargon, no advice: just what is up, what is down, and what is driving it.
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Market pulse as of 2026-11-12 07:25 CST
Updated 2026-11-12 11:40 CST — movers, news, and the VIX are live; the five signals are the morning read as of 2026-11-12 07:25 CST.
What this page is: a plain-English snapshot of the market, pulled together automatically. It is not financial advice, and its read can be wrong — check anything important before acting on it.
This read is graded every day against what the S&P 500 actually did. The record appears here once three days are graded.
Five checks are the cross-check on the pulse — whether the market is trending, what the news sounds like, how many big companies are up, how nervous investors are, and how the market has done over the last five days. Each one scores from -1 to +1. The pulse itself is built from the 12 sector reads; these five cross-check it from market-wide data and from headline sentiment — the news read is scored from stories about the two big index funds (SPY and QQQ) and Apple. The trend check’s direction comes from moving averages — SPY’s 10-day average against its 30-day average.
A fund that holds the 500 biggest U.S. companies, so it stands in for the stock market as a whole. Today it is at $761.30, +0.20%.
A fund holding the 100 biggest companies on the Nasdaq exchange — mostly technology companies. Tech swings harder than the rest of the market, so this one usually moves more. Today it is at $691.58, +0.17%.
A fund tracking the Dow Jones average: 30 large, long-established U.S. companies. It is the oldest and narrowest of the big market measures. Today it is at $526.27, +0.35%.
A fund of about 2,000 small U.S. companies. Small companies swing harder than big ones, and they often move first when investors turn braver or more nervous. Today it is at $280.82, -0.80%.
The interest rate the U.S. government pays to borrow money for 10 years. It also steers mortgage and loan rates, so when it rises, borrowing gets dearer. It stands at 5.11%. It rose 0.12 points from the last bond trading day.
The settled price of one barrel of U.S. crude oil for delivery next month. Oil moves with the world economy and with how much the oil countries choose to pump. Today it settled at $87.68.
A gauge of how nervous investors are, worked out from the price of options. Under 15 is calm; over 30 means real fear. At 17.73, investors are fairly calm.
The market is leaning up today (pulse +0.26). The trend check still points down, though. Polibeli Group is up 21.4% today, the biggest gainer; KANZHUN LIMITED - American Depo is down 22.2% today, the biggest loser. The big story is "EnGene seeks comeback from May bladder cancer crash".
The stories behind the pulse — what moved, what matters, and what is happening in the market. Updated 2026-11-12 11:41 CST; tap a headline to read the full story.
Why they matter: a big one-day move usually means real news about that company, and the reason each one is flagged is shown on its card, so the list can be checked, not trusted blindly. These are the biggest movers so far today, refreshed during market hours. Prices below are from the latest refresh.
Source: Yahoo day-gainers/day-losers screener (intraday) · as of 2026-11-12 11:40 CST
How the trend lines are figured: the past-month and past-3-months moves compare the last close with the close on the same calendar date 1 and 3 months earlier — the last trading day on or before it — using adjusted daily closes — adjusted for stock splits and dividends, so the comparison is like-for-like. ‘Usually moves about ±X% a day’ is the average size of the stock’s daily moves over its last 63 trading days.
What the market expects next — the analysts’ consensus rating and the next scheduled earnings date for the day’s movers. These are analyst expectations and scheduled earnings, not predictions or recommendations. No analyst price target is shown — a target is not a prediction, and the free sources do not provide one (Finnhub’s price-target endpoint is a paid feature; Yahoo’s needs a login). This dashboard adds no buy or sell advice of its own. The earnings dates are the current schedule, pulled at 2026-11-12 07:38 CST. Analyst ratings and counts are as of Nov 1, 2026 — they change slowly and predate this page. These rows were pulled at 2026-11-12 07:38 CST; the movers list above is from 2026-11-12 11:40 CST — the two are pulled at different moments, so some names here do not appear in it. The average recommendation of the professional analysts who follow this company. Strong Buy is the most positive rating they give; it is their opinion, not a promise about the price.
Every sector at a glance — tap one to see its movers and top stories. Each sector lists its own niche sources. Sector read as of 2026-11-12 11:42 CST; movers, news, and breadth refresh every hour during market hours.
How each sector score is built: the simple average of three checks, each scored from −1 to +1 — how many of the sector’s 10 tracked stocks rose (breadth scores (percent up − 50) / 50, so half the stocks up scores 0 and all of them up scores +1), the sector fund’s 5-day move, and the tone of its news. When the news check has too few leaning stories to call, it counts as 0 in that average. The headline pulse at the top is the simple average of these 12 sector reads. The 12 are the market’s 11 standard sectors plus Aerospace & Defense, counted as its own read. Breadth counts only the tracked stocks named in each sector — a sample, not the whole market.
Technology is leaning up today.
Breadth: 6 of 10 tracked stocks up (60.0%) · Momentum (XLK) +7.40% over 5 days (Strong up) → check +1.0 · Sentiment -0.5 (93 leaning articles) · Sector score +0.23 (Leaning up)
The Register — Business tech and computer industry news
Ars Technica — In-depth tech and science news
The Next Platform — Big computers and data center news
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Health Care is leaning up today.
Breadth: 6 of 10 tracked stocks up (60.0%) · Momentum (XLV) +2.37% over 5 days (Up) → check +0.5 · Sentiment +0.2 (4 leaning articles) · Sector score +0.30 (Leaning up)
STAT News — Health and medicine news
BioPharma Dive — Drug company and biotech news
Endpoints News — Biotech industry news
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Financials is leaning up today.
Breadth: 6 of 10 tracked stocks up (60.0%) · Momentum (XLF) +1.88% over 5 days (Up) → check +0.5 · Sentiment +0.3 (7 leaning articles) · Sector score +0.33 (Leaning up)
Banking Dive — Banking industry news
Finextra — Money technology news
Payments Dive — Card and payment industry news
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Consumer Discretionary is leaning up today.
Breadth: 4 of 10 tracked stocks up (40.0%) · Momentum (XLY) +2.95% over 5 days (Up) → check +0.5 · Sentiment +0.5 (5 leaning articles) · Sector score +0.27 (Leaning up)
Retail Dive — Store and shopping news
Electrek — Electric car news
Modern Retail — News about shopping brands and online stores
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Communication Services is leaning up today.
Breadth: 4 of 10 tracked stocks up (40.0%) · Momentum (XLC) +4.19% over 5 days (Strong up) → check +1.0 · Sentiment +0.3 (24 leaning articles) · Sector score +0.37 (Leaning up)
Variety — Movies, TV, and show business news
The Hollywood Reporter — Movies and TV industry news
RCR Wireless — Mobile phone network news
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Industrials is leaning up today.
Breadth: 2 of 10 tracked stocks up (20.0%) · Momentum (XLI) +5.24% over 5 days (Strong up) → check +1.0 · Sentiment +0.3 (5 leaning articles) · Sector score +0.23 (Leaning up)
Supply Chain Dive — Shipping and supply chain news
FreightWaves — Trucking and freight news
Manufacturing Dive — Factory and manufacturing news
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Consumer Staples is leaning up today.
Breadth: 6 of 10 tracked stocks up (60.0%) · Momentum (XLP) +0.31% over 5 days (Flat) → check +0.0 · Sentiment +0.8 (26 leaning articles) · Sector score +0.33 (Leaning up)
Food Dive — Food company news
Grocery Dive — Grocery store news
Restaurant Dive — Restaurant industry news
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Energy is clearly up today.
Breadth: 10 of 10 tracked stocks up (100.0%) · Momentum (XLE) +4.65% over 5 days (Strong up) → check +1.0 · Sentiment +0.5 (5 leaning articles) · Sector score +0.83 (Clearly up)
Oil Gas Daily — Daily oil and gas news
Oil & Gas 360 — Oil and gas company news
RBN Energy — Oil, gas, and pipeline market reports
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Materials is flat today.
Breadth: 4 of 10 tracked stocks up (40.0%) · Momentum (XLB) +0.90% over 5 days (Flat) → check +0.0 · Sentiment -0.3 (3 leaning articles) · Sector score -0.17 (Flat)
Mining.com — Mining and metals news
Steel Market Update — Steel price and market news
MetalMiner — Metal price news for buyers
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Real Estate is flat today.
Breadth: 3 of 10 tracked stocks up (30.0%) · Momentum (XLRE) +0.43% over 5 days (Flat) → check +0.0 · Sentiment: too few stories to call · Sector score -0.13 (Flat)
Only one story cleared the checks today.
HousingWire — Housing and home loan news
Commercial Observer — Business property news
Inman — Home buying and selling news
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Utilities is leaning up today.
Breadth: 8 of 10 tracked stocks up (80.0%) · Momentum (XLU) +1.57% over 5 days (Up) → check +0.5 · Sentiment +0.0 (4 leaning articles) · Sector score +0.37 (Leaning up)
Only one story cleared the checks today.
Utility Dive — Power and water company news
Power Magazine — Power plant and electricity news
RTO Insider — Electric grid and power market news
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Aerospace & Defense is flat today.
Breadth: 0 of 10 tracked stocks up (0.0%) · Momentum (ITA) +6.68% over 5 days (Strong up) → check +1.0 · Sentiment +0.3 (3 leaning articles) · Sector score +0.10 (Flat)
Defense News — Military and defense news
Breaking Defense — Defense and weapons news
SpaceNews — Space and satellite news
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