Stocks advance
Friday’s gains left the S&P 500 at 7,811.54, the Dow Jones Industrial Average at 51,654.95 and the Nasdaq Composite at 27,366.17. Their day-over-day increases were 46.18 points (0.6%), 423.31 points (0.8%) and 172.83 points (0.6%), respectively. [1][2][3][4]
The Russell 2000 ended at 2,806.98, adding 12.85 points (0.5%). AP’s weekly tally showed gains of 1.2% for the S&P 500, 0.9% for the Dow and 0.6% for the Nasdaq, along with a 0.9% decline for the Russell 2000. [1]
Treasury rates
Treasury’s October 9 daily par yields put the two-year rate at 4.80%, the 10-year at 5.24% and the 30-year at 5.60%. Compared with October 8, the two-year rose 5 and the 10-year rose 2 basis points; the 30-year was unchanged. One basis point is 0.01 percentage point. [5]
These Treasury rates are derived from indicative market quotations around 3:30 p.m. Eastern. They are separate from the stock indexes’ regular-session closing observations. [5][6]
Market notes & sources
Historical October 9 session report: stock indexes are regular-session closing observations; Treasury daily par yields use indicative quotations around 3:30 p.m. Eastern. This report contains no live quotes.
Source / event date: October 9, 2026; U.S. regular-session stock-index closes and Treasury daily par yields
Sources
- [1] Associated Press via AOL · Final October 9 stock-index report · updated 4:16 p.m. EDT ↗Source
- [2] FRED · S&P 500 index-provider daily closing data ↗Source
- [3] FRED · Dow Jones Industrial Average index-provider daily closing data ↗Source
- [4] FRED · Nasdaq Composite daily closing data ↗Source
- [5] U.S. Treasury · 2026 daily par-yield curve and methodology ↗Official source
- [6] NYSE · Trading hours and 2026 holiday calendar ↗Source