NASDAQ close — Friday, 21 August 2026

NASDAQ closed up 0.57%

NASDAQ treemap for Friday, 21 August 2026: each company sized by market capitalisation and coloured by its move that day

NASDAQ movers — August 21, 2026

Of the 3467 companies tracked in the NASDAQ, 1995 rose and 1197 fell, with 275 unchanged. Financials led the day at +2.38%, while Utilities lagged at -1.86%.

Top gainers · NASDAQ

VSTD Vestand Inc. +550.00%
RFAI RF Acquisition Corp II +355.62%
ADTX Aditxt, Inc. +150.00%
HOWL Werewolf Therapeutics, Inc. +102.78%
USDE StablecoinX Inc. +85.25%
SDOT Sadot Group Inc. +56.16%
AIAI AIAI Holdings Corporation +46.14%
EXYN Exyn Technologies, Inc. +39.87%

Top losers · NASDAQ

MGN Megan Holdings Limited -97.66%
SUGP SU Group Holdings Limited -42.34%
GDC GD Culture Group Limited -37.35%
CDTG CDT Environmental Technology In -35.52%
JZ Jianzhi Education Technology Gr -33.73%
LGCL Lucas GC Limited -31.33%
PFSA Profusa, Inc. -27.87%
FLUX Flux Power Holdings, Inc. -26.95%

By sector

Financials +2.38%
Materials +2.24%
Unknown +1.58%
Communication Services +1.53%
Healthcare +1.40%
Consumer Discretionary +1.04%
Consumer Staples +0.94%
Industrials +0.55%
Technology +0.10%
Energy -0.10%
Real Estate -0.55%
Utilities -1.86%

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