S&P 500 close — Thursday, 26 February 2026

S&P 500 closed down 0.56%

S&P 500 treemap for Thursday, 26 February 2026: each company sized by market capitalisation and coloured by its move that day

S&P 500 movers — February 26, 2026

Of the 501 companies tracked in the S&P 500, 344 rose and 154 fell, with 3 unchanged. Financials led the day at +1.32%, while Technology lagged at -1.58%.

Top gainers · S&P 500

PSKY Paramount Skydance Corporation +10.04%
GDDY GoDaddy Inc. +8.95%
SJM The J.M. Smucker Company +8.82%
ACN Accenture plc Class A Ordinary Shares (Ireland) +8.29%
TKO TKO Group Holdings, Inc. +8.01%
EXPE Expedia Group, Inc. +6.96%
FICO Fair Isaac Corporation +6.73%
HUM Humana Inc. +6.12%

Top losers · S&P 500

UHS Universal Health Services, Inc. -11.44%
EME EMCOR Group, Inc. -6.94%
COHR Coherent Corp. -6.63%
LITE Lumentum Holdings Inc. -6.41%
GLW Corning Incorporated -6.31%
ALB Albemarle Corporation -5.59%
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation -5.46%
VTRS Viatris Inc. -5.16%

By sector

Financials +1.32%
Industrials +0.62%
Real Estate +0.50%
Energy +0.26%
Materials -0.06%
Consumer Staples -0.18%
Healthcare -0.21%
Utilities -0.36%
Consumer Discretionary -0.40%
Communication Services -1.33%
Technology -1.58%

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