Markets
S&P 500 Closes at Another Record as Long Yields Back Off Their Multi-Decade Highs
The index finished Tuesday at 7,818.93 while the 10-year Treasury yield eased to 5.275%. A $58 billion three-year note auction drew in-line demand, and small caps went the other way.
By Marcus Elrod
Oct 6, 2026 · 2 min read
The S&P 500 set another closing record on Tuesday, finishing at 7,818.93, up 44.98 points, or 0.58%, a day after it closed above 7,800 for the first time. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 253.38 points, or 0.49%, to 51,521.28, and the Nasdaq Composite rose 122.48 points, or 0.45%, to 27,599.79. The Russell 2000 did not join in, slipping 16.17 points, or 0.57%, to 2,830.97.
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Marcus Elrod
Marcus tracks positioning, flows and rates. He writes CI's weekly market internals column.
Marcus Elrod writes for Corporate Insider Inc.