S&P 500 close — Thursday, 21 May 2026

S&P 500 closed up 0.15%

S&P 500 treemap for Thursday, 21 May 2026: each company sized by market capitalisation and coloured by its move that day

S&P 500 movers — May 21, 2026

Of the 501 companies tracked in the S&P 500, 287 rose and 210 fell, with 4 unchanged. Utilities led the day at +1.04%, while Energy lagged at -0.97%.

Top gainers · S&P 500

RL Ralph Lauren Corporation +13.87%
IBM International Business Machines +12.43%
LITE Lumentum Holdings Inc. +11.11%
SNDK Sandisk Corporation +10.75%
STX Seagate Technology Holdings PLC +7.91%
WSM Williams-Sonoma, Inc. +6.49%
GLW Corning Incorporated +6.20%
CIEN Ciena Corporation +5.85%

Top losers · S&P 500

INTU Intuit Inc. -20.02%
ECHO EchoStar Corporation -9.42%
WMT Walmart Inc. -7.27%
DE Deere & Company -5.19%
VLO Valero Energy Corporation -5.00%
CMI Cummins Inc. -4.64%
VEEV Veeva Systems Inc. -4.06%
MPC Marathon Petroleum Corporation -3.85%

By sector

Utilities +1.04%
Materials +0.74%
Healthcare +0.67%
Technology +0.30%
Financials +0.24%
Real Estate +0.15%
Consumer Staples +0.08%
Industrials -0.16%
Communication Services -0.18%
Consumer Discretionary -0.21%
Energy -0.97%

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