Market edition, 5 October 2026
Updated 5 October 2026, 21:45 ET
The last index prints put the Dow Jones Industrial Average at 51,267.90, up 0.18%, the Nasdaq Composite at 27,477.31, up 1.05% and the S&P 500 at 7,773.95, up 0.66%, as of 5 October 2026, 20:48 ET. Among sectors, Auto Repair and Services led with +2.36% while Agricultural Production, Crops lagged at -3.27%. Analysts filed 50 actions on 5 October 2026, including 1 downgrade and 1 initiation. FundSpec's AI day trading models closed 441 verified winning calls on 5 October 2026, averaging 0.62% per call with a best of 5.38%.
Indices
Live index levels, futures and the full market overview are on Markets.
Sectors
Sector leaders and laggards over the last session, by the average move of their members (as of 2 October 2026):
| Sector | Members | 1 day |
|---|---|---|
| Auto Repair and Services | 7 companies | +2.36% |
| Water Transportation | 47 companies | +2.25% |
| Special Trade Contractors | 12 companies | +2.22% |
| Railroad Transportation | 6 companies | +2.08% |
| Transportation Equipment | 102 companies | +1.88% |
| Agricultural Production, Crops | 10 companies | -3.27% |
| Insurance Agents and Brokers | 15 companies | -1.67% |
| Motion Pictures | 10 companies | -1.13% |
| Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management | 43 companies | -1.11% |
| Financial | 36 companies | -1.09% |
Every sector and industry over five horizons: Sector performance.
Analyst actions
The most recent analyst actions across the market:
| Ticker | Company | Firm | Action | Price target |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FORM | FormFactor | Freedom Capital Markets | Maintains Hold | $64.00 to $140.00 |
| NBHC | National Bank Holdings | DA Davidson | Maintains Buy | $45.00 to $43.00 |
| BAC | Bank of America | UBS | Maintains Buy | $70.00 to $67.00 |
| WFC | Wells Fargo | UBS | Maintains Buy | $104.00 to $102.00 |
| GS | Goldman Sachs Group | UBS | Maintains Neutral | $1,150.00 to $1,010.00 |
| MS | Morgan Stanley | UBS | Maintains Buy | $260.00 to $236.00 |
| USB | U.S. Bancorp | UBS | Maintains Neutral | $66.00 to $64.00 |
| TFC | Truist Financial | UBS | Maintains Neutral | $55.00 to $50.00 |
| RF | Regions Financial | UBS | Maintains Neutral | $33.00 to $30.00 |
| HBAN | Huntington Bancshares | UBS | Maintains Buy | $22.00 to $19.00 |
| KEY | KeyCorp | UBS | Maintains Buy | $27.00 to $25.00 |
| MTB | M&T Bank | UBS | Maintains Neutral | $255.00 to $238.00 |
| AXP | American Express | UBS | Maintains Neutral | $384.00 to $345.00 |
| ALLY | Ally Financial | UBS | Maintains Buy | $54.00 to $50.00 |
| SYF | Synchrony Financial | UBS | Maintains Neutral | $87.00 to $81.00 |
| RACE | Ferrari | UBS | Maintains Buy | $490.00 to $450.00 |
| ZGN | Ermenegildo Zegna | UBS | Maintains Buy | $15.50 to $15.40 |
| CME | CME Group | UBS | Maintains Neutral | $260.00 to $270.00 |
| DINO | HF Sinclair | UBS | Maintains Buy | $126.00 to $133.00 |
| JPM | JPMorgan Chase | UBS | Maintains Buy | $400.00 to $395.00 |
| OI | O-I Glass | UBS | Downgrades to Neutral from Buy | $11.00 to $6.00 |
| VTRS | Viatris | UBS | Maintains Buy | $23.00 to $26.00 |
| SON | Sonoco Products | UBS | Maintains Neutral | $61.00 to $51.00 |
| SLGN | Silgan Hldgs | UBS | Maintains Neutral | $47.00 to $38.00 |
| PKG | Packaging Corp of America | UBS | Maintains Buy | $292.00 to $289.00 |
| IP | International Paper | UBS | Maintains Neutral | $47.00 to $35.00 |
| GPK | Graphic Packaging Holding | UBS | Maintains Neutral | $12.00 to $9.50 |
| CCK | Crown Holdings | UBS | Maintains Neutral | $123.00 to $116.00 |
| BALL | Ball | UBS | Maintains Neutral | $66.00 to $63.00 |
| AMBP | Ardagh Metal Packaging | UBS | Maintains Neutral | $5.00 to $4.50 |
A cluster of actions on one name after a report or a guidance change is the reading that matters; a single reiteration is noise. Read the guide: What analyst ratings and price targets actually tell you.
The full feed with firm histories is in Analyst Ratings.
AI model calls
Verified winning calls closed by the models on 5 October 2026, in ET:
| Stock | Model | Direction | Window | Entry | Exit | Gain |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TMO | TMO model | Bullish | 15:55 to 15:59 | $673.10 | $675.62 | +0.37% |
| T | Bullish | 15:53 to 15:59 | $24.04 | $24.21 | +0.75% | |
| CAT | CAT model | Bearish | 15:51 to 15:59 | $850.57 | $847.25 | +0.39% |
| NKE | NKE model | Bullish | 15:54 to 15:59 | $33.77 | $33.95 | +0.53% |
| DIS | DIS model | Bullish | 15:54 to 15:59 | $103.38 | $103.70 | +0.31% |
| SPCX | SPCX model | Bullish | 15:45 to 15:59 | $169.70 | $170.96 | +0.74% |
| WMT | WMT model | Bullish | 15:53 to 15:59 | $104.64 | $105.00 | +0.34% |
| BA | BA model | Bearish | 15:39 to 15:59 | $193.59 | $192.57 | +0.53% |
| DOW | DOW model | Bullish | 15:53 to 15:59 | $28.36 | $28.52 | +0.55% |
| NVDA | NVDA model | Bearish | 15:39 to 15:59 | $240.03 | $238.65 | +0.58% |
| BLK | BLK model | Bearish | 15:45 to 15:58 | $1,073.95 | $1,067.98 | +0.56% |
| META | META model | Bearish | 15:26 to 15:58 | $744.17 | $741.37 | +0.38% |
| RDDT | RDDT model | Bullish | 15:52 to 15:57 | $149.00 | $150.41 | +0.94% |
| MSTR | MSTR model | Bearish | 15:46 to 15:57 | $165.61 | $164.19 | +0.86% |
| MSFT | MSFT model | Bearish | 15:32 to 15:56 | $528.93 | $524.25 | +0.88% |
| COIN | COIN model | Bearish | 15:51 to 15:56 | $188.78 | $188.06 | +0.38% |
| PEP | Bullish | 15:53 to 15:56 | $125.13 | $125.55 | +0.34% | |
| ANNA | ANNA model | Bullish | 15:25 to 15:56 | $2.67 | $2.70 | +1.12% |
| HOOD | HOOD model | Bearish | 15:44 to 15:55 | $114.42 | $113.86 | +0.49% |
| FCX | FCX model | Bearish | 15:45 to 15:55 | $73.36 | $72.72 | +0.89% |
| V | V model | Bearish | 15:33 to 15:54 | $370.08 | $368.93 | +0.31% |
| CEG | CEG model | Bearish | 15:42 to 15:54 | $269.94 | $267.45 | +0.92% |
| FCX | Bearish | 15:50 to 15:53 | $73.10 | $72.83 | +0.38% | |
| XOM | XOM model | Bearish | 15:44 to 15:53 | $164.06 | $163.51 | +0.33% |
| UNP | UNP model | Bearish | 15:29 to 15:52 | $278.12 | $277.18 | +0.34% |
A verified call is one whose entry and exit FundSpec recorded against the tape. The models publish their wins as a record; losing sessions exist and intraday risk is real. Read the guide: Day trading signals: what an intraday call is and is not.
All models and their scoreboard: AI day trading models.
This edition is assembled from FundSpec's data during the session and kept as a dated page, so the archive reads as a day-by-day record of the market. The time above is the last change.