FTSE 100 Closes Down 0.4%, Outperforming a Weaker Europe

As seen on the 24/7 Wall St. homepage on October 22, 2026.

CLOSING BELL

Europe

11:35am ET

🇬🇧 FTSE 100-0.42%
🇩🇪 DAX-1.19%
🇫🇷 CAC 40-1.63%

London lost the least in Europe today, down 0.42% while the CAC 40 gave up 1.63%. For anyone holding European exposure, the gap between UK and continental benchmarks is where the session's money was made or lost.

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The FTSE 100 closed at 14,338, a shallow loss that left London well ahead of its continental peers.

The DAX closed down 1.2% and the CAC 40 gave up 1.6%, so European exposure hurt most in Paris and Frankfurt rather than London.

London's resilience held through a choppy session that briefly turned positive before closing lower.

For investors weighing European allocations, London's loss was less than a quarter of Paris's.

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Biggest movers · At the close 4:10pm ET

Gainers

SPOTSpotify$582.23+10.8%
LCIDLucid$3.5+8.9%
BXBlackstone$118.69+8.3%
ACNAccenture$258.15+7.5%
NDAQNasdaq$103.09+7.3%

Losers

MRNAModerna$202.11-17.8%
COHRCoherent$207.45-12.7%
AAOIApplied Optoelectronics$68.18-11.8%
LRCXLam Research$230.24-11.7%
LITELumentum$754.19-11.3%

Moderna's 17.8% drop was the single biggest move at Tuesday's close, and four of the five worst performers were chip and photonics names. Spotify topped the winners.

NDAQ Nasdaq

After-hours

4:00pm ET

$102.79

+4.73% open $98.15

The run adds roughly $2.6 billion in market value, and it follows a Q3 earnings beat posted this morning. Moves this size are rare for a name that usually trades like a utility.

HD Home Depot

After-hours

4:00pm ET

$327.11

+4.01% open $314.51

A 4% run to $327.11 adds roughly $13 billion in market value, an outsized day for a retailer this size. Keep an eye on the stock.

TRI Thomson Reuters

After-hours

4:00pm ET

$123.59

+5.17% open $117.52

A 5.17% run to $123.60 adds roughly $2.8 billion to a $53.5 billion company, an outsized day for a name that usually trades like a utility. Whether it holds into tomorrow's open is the thing to watch.

CLOSING BELL

U.S. Markets

4:00pm ET

S&P 500-1.47%
Dow Jones Industrial Average-0.17%
Nasdaq Composite-2.90%

The Nasdaq shed 2.9% while the Dow lost less than 0.2%, a gap that marks this as a pure tech unwind. Money rotating out of crowded growth names has to land somewhere, and investors positioned only in megacap tech felt all of it.

DAL Delta Air Lines

Regular session

3:40pm ET

$79.24

+4.80% open $75.61

A 4.8% intraday run to $79.24 adds roughly $2.4 billion to a $52 billion airline in a single session, the kind of single-day move this name rarely posts. Whether it holds into the close is the tell.

LCID Lucid

Regular session

3:40pm ET

$3.49

+10.52% open $3.16

A 10.5% jump to $3.49 adds roughly $140 million to a $1.4 billion market cap, the kind of single-session swing that only happens in a sub-$4 stock. Moves this size tend to retrace fast, so the close matters more than the pop.

APH Amphenol

Regular session

3:20pm ET

$72.40

-6.53% open $77.46

A 6.5% slide to $72.40 takes roughly $12 billion off a $178.5 billion connector giant in a single session, an outsized day for a name that rarely moves like this. Watch whether it holds the $72 area into the close.

GEV GE Vernova

Regular session

3:20pm ET

$818.01

-8.75% open $896.41

An 8.75% slide to $818.01 takes roughly $19 billion off a $218 billion energy-transition heavyweight in a single session. Moves this size are rare for a name this large, and the $896.41 open is now the level to reclaim.

TT Trane Technologies

Regular session

3:20pm ET

$444.42

-4.47% open $465.23

A 4.47% slide to $444.42 takes roughly $4.4 billion off a $97.8 billion HVAC leader, an unusually heavy day for a name that normally grinds higher in small steps. Whether it holds the $465 open level is the next thing to watch.

NEE NextEra Energy

Regular session

3:20pm ET

$82.08

+4.20% open $78.77

A 4.2% climb to $82.08 adds roughly $7 billion in market value, and utilities this size rarely move that far in a single session. Worth watching whether the gain holds into the close.

WDC Western Digital

Regular session

2:55pm ET

$351.70

-7.08% open $378.51

A 7.1% slide to $351.70 takes roughly $9 billion off a $131.6 billion storage name in a single session. Moves this size rarely settle in a day, so keep an eye on whether the stock stabilizes near these levels.