Markets: 2026-08-26 Close

A sourced recap of the previous completed U.S. trading session. Closing moves are not real-time quotes.

The market tape

- **S&P 500 (SPX)**: -0.02%, closed at 7,675.7 - **Nasdaq Composite (COMP)**: -0.08%, closed at 26,130.2 - **Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA)**: -0.21%, closed at 53,463.88 - **Russell 2000 (RUT)**: -0.14%, closed at 3,005.9

Sector leaders and laggards

- Leaders: Industrials +1.09%; Information Technology +0.61%; Energy +0.60% - Laggards: Health Care -1.00%; Consumer Discretionary -0.67%; Real Estate -0.60%

Notable movers

Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (ANF) +35.67%

Fiscal second-quarter earnings and operating margin exceeded expectations, and management raised full-year EPS guidance to $13.10-$13.60 from $10.20-$11.00 while increasing planned repurchases to at least $500 million. A rare 35% one-day move in a multibillion-dollar retailer, with record sales, substantial guidance revisions and more than $2.5 billion of closing-session dollar volume.

Sources: dated-close-and-volume · catalyst-primary

Semtech Corporation (SMTC) +10.41%

Fiscal second-quarter revenue grew 32.7% to $341.9 million, data-center revenue rose 91% to a record $100 million, and management's approximately $410 million third-quarter revenue outlook was well above prevailing consensus. The report provided a strong read-through on 800G and AI-data-center connectivity demand, producing more than $1.4 billion of session dollar volume.

Sources: dated-close-and-volume · dated-quote-and-catalyst · catalyst-corroboration

Biohaven Ltd. (BHVN) +17.87%

Biohaven licensed its Kv7 ion-channel platform and epilepsy candidate opakalim to SK Biopharmaceuticals in a transaction providing $400 million of scheduled cash consideration and potential payments of up to $795 million, plus royalties. The transaction materially extends Biohaven's funding runway and transfers development risk for its most advanced program while preserving milestone and royalty exposure.

Sources: dated-close-and-volume · catalyst-primary · catalyst-corroboration

Dycom Industries, Inc. (DY) -11.62%

Record second-quarter revenue and earnings were overshadowed by third-quarter adjusted EPS and EBITDA guidance whose midpoints were below analyst expectations. The selloff illustrates how demanding expectations had become for an AI, hyperscale and fiber-infrastructure beneficiary even after a substantial quarterly beat.

Sources: dated-close-and-volume · catalyst-primary · catalyst-corroboration

KANZHUN Limited (BZ) +15.65%

Second-quarter revenue increased 14.1%, operating income rose 32.6%, monthly active users exceeded 70 million, and the company declared a $0.51-per-ADS annual dividend totaling approximately $230 million. The move combined accelerating operating performance at a large Chinese recruitment platform with a sizable new cash return to shareholders.

Sources: dated-close-and-volume · catalyst-primary · catalyst-primary

Snap Inc. (SNAP) -8.45%

Pennsylvania's attorney general sued Snap, alleging that Snapchat misled users about mature content and failed to protect children from compulsive use. The litigation arrived as Meta resolved related youth-safety claims, underscoring divergent legal-risk outcomes across major social-media platforms.

Sources: dated-close-and-volume · catalyst-primary · catalyst-corroboration

Meta Platforms, Inc. (META) +1.07%

Meta agreed to a multistate settlement providing for up to approximately $17.1 billion in remediation payments and new youth-safety controls across Facebook and Instagram. The stock advanced despite the settlement's extraordinary headline size, indicating that investors viewed the agreement as reducing a material legal overhang.

Sources: dated-close · catalyst-primary · move-corroboration

NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA) -1.59%

Shares weakened during the regular session as investors reduced exposure ahead of Nvidia's highly anticipated earnings report, which was released only after trading ended. No after-hours reaction is included. Despite the modest percentage decline, Nvidia was the heaviest index-weight drag and the session's most consequential positioning trade because of its roughly $5.1 trillion capitalization.

Sources: dated-regular-session-close · index-impact-and-timing · session-context

Stock spotlight

Today’s detailed follow-up focuses on **Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (ANF)**, the strongest verified editorial candidate from this slate.

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