Expedia and Airbnb led Wednesday's losers, each falling over 7%
As seen on the 24/7 Wall St. homepage on September 23, 2026.
Travel took the worst of Wednesday's close, with Expedia down 7.72% and Airbnb close behind at 7.56%. Software ran the other way: Palo Alto Networks led all gainers at 4.87%, with Palantir back near $192.
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Expedia closed at $259.02, off 7.72%, and Airbnb fell alongside it, making travel the day's most punished corner of the market by a wide margin. The lockstep move points to sector-wide pressure.
The rest of the losers board was scattered across unrelated industries, with Lemonade, Hims and Hers, and Opendoor Technologies each sliding roughly 6%, leaving travel stocks as the day's clearest thematic casualty.
Cybersecurity and data-oriented software names caught bids, with Palo Alto Networks up 4.87% to lead all advancers and Palantir also closing higher.
IonQ, Asana, and DocuSign also finished in the green, reinforcing the rotation feel of the session: money moved out of consumer-facing travel and into enterprise software and security.