S&P 500 Closes Down 0.4% as Tech Drags and the Dow Holds Green
As seen on the 24/7 Wall St. homepage on November 13, 2026.
- S&P 500-0.40%
- Dow Jones Industrial Average+0.09%
- Nasdaq Composite-0.91%
Money moved out of tech and into everything else today: the Nasdaq gave up 0.91% while the Dow still closed green. If you only own megacap tech, your day looked nothing like the broader market's.
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The S&P 500 ended the session at 7,561.8, and the loss looked narrow on paper only because the index clawed back a steeper intraday decline through the afternoon.
The Nasdaq Composite fell 0.91%, pulling the broader index lower, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average managed to finish slightly positive, up 0.09%. That divergence tells you the selling was concentrated in a narrow slice of the market.
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Investors who are heavily weighted toward large-cap technology stocks felt this session much more sharply than those with more diversified exposure. A day where the Dow closes green and the S&P still loses almost half a percent is a rotation signal worth paying attention to.
The afternoon recovery from the session's lows shows buyers did step in, but the index still could not reclaim flat by the close. Whether that buying interest holds into the next session is the key question for anyone watching how this rotation develops.