S&P 500 Down 0.87% at Midday While the Dow Holds Near Flat
As seen on the 24/7 Wall St. homepage on October 14, 2026.
- S&P 500-0.87%
- Dow Jones Industrial Average-0.03%
- Nasdaq Composite-0.80%
The Dow is holding near flat while the S&P 500 gives up 0.87%, concentrating the damage in growth and tech. Anyone indexed to the Nasdaq is feeling a very different session than a blue-chip holder.
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The S&P 500 is sitting at 7,737.35 at midday, with the loss building steadily through the morning session.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average is barely in the red while the S&P 500 is down 0.87%, so the pressure is concentrated in growth and technology shares rather than spread evenly across the market.
For investors who hold a broad index fund, the session looks noticeably worse than it does for anyone whose portfolio leans toward the blue-chip names that dominate the Dow. The gap between those two experiences is unusually wide today.
With the afternoon hours still ahead, whether buyers step in to stabilize or the slide continues into the close is the key question for the rest of the day.