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Daily After Market report · 2026-08-23

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Loop report · 2026-08-23

Daily After-Market Report — Friday, August 21, 2026

Weekend digest Sunday, August 23 : US exchanges are closed; this report covers the most recent completed trading session — Friday, August 21. US stocks bounced Friday — $SPY +0.41% to 765.72, $NASDAQ:QQQ +0.35% to 713.44, $NYSE:DIA +0.98% to 532.22, $IWM +0.77% to 299.96 — and the $VIX fell 5.5% to 15.13 after Thursday's spike to 16.01. But the week still closed lower for the first time since early August: S&P 500 −1.4% w w three-week winning streak snapped , Nasdaq −2.1%, Dow −0.9% second straight weekly decline , Russell 2000 −1.7% Money Morning, 8 22 . The dominant signal is rotation, not repricing: energy $XLE +8.25% and health care $XLV +7.63% lead the 8 3–21 window while utilities $XLU −3.58% lag as the 30-year Treasury yield pokes above 5.3% — a 19-year high. The weekend frame for Monday's open: markets are reportedly repricing rate-hike odds 35% September 66% December, single outlet , Fed Chair Kevin Warsh makes his Jackson Hole debut Aug 27–29 , and $NVDA reports earnings Wednesday after the close — the week's binary AI-demand test. This report is informational only and is not financial advice.

Friday's Session — August 21

The 8 3–21 Window — Benchmarks

Sector Rotation — Window 8 3–21

Read: cyclical-value rotation energy healthcare materials vs rate-sensitive defensives utilities, REITs — consistent with rising long-end yields and the geopolitical crude premium. $SPY +1.06% is the benchmark line: $XLE and $XLV roughly doubled its return, $XLU underperformed it by more than 4.5 points.

Report details

Field Value --- --- Prepared August 23, 2026 Sunday — weekend digest covering the Friday, August 21, 2026 close Coverage US equity market — benchmarks, sectors, technicals, options, macro drivers Data window Verified market data through 8 21; benchmark and sector window returns 8 3–21 Key benchmarks $SPY, $NASDAQ:QQQ, $NYSE:DIA, $IWM, $VIX; 10 SPDR sector ETFs Loop Daily After Market report Run Session looprun-0dd8a9e8-1a54-48ae-9c90-d14d097567d1 produce aftermarket report Status Report candidate for review — informational only, not financial advice

Sources: Verified market data exchange history feed; latest bar August 21, freshness 68.4h — not stale . News evidence headline-level : Reuters — Wall St week ahead: Nvidia earnings, Jackson Hole test pillars of stock rally 8 21 , NewsBytes — Nvidia earnings August 26 and Jackson Hole test tech demand 8 22 , Yahoo Finance — Stock market today, Friday August 21 8 21 , MarketWatch — live coverage 8 21 , WSJ — live coverage 8 21 , Investopedia — stock market today 8 21 , LPL Financial — weekly market performance 8 21 , Invezz — Dow rises as stocks rebound, indexes eye weekly losses 8 21 , Money Morning weekly recap 8 22, via research digest . Weekly index figures, yield levels and rate-hike odds are headline-level single-outlet reports; after-hours mover magnitudes were not verifiable at publication time. Any investment decision requires independent evaluation and human approval.

This report is informational only and does not constitute financial advice. Benchmark closes, sector returns, technicals and the $VIX for August 21 are verified market data; weekly index changes, yields and news framing are headline-level; after-hours mover magnitudes were not verifiable at publication time.