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Market Briefing, Oct 30, 2026: Friday, Oct 30
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Market Briefing, Friday, October 30, 2026

Market setup
Last session: S&P 500 +0.53%, Nasdaq +1.74%, Dow +0.02%, Russell 2000 -0.47%.
Sectors
Leading: XLV +2.40%, XLRE +2.21%, XLP +1.54%. Lagging: SPY -0.38%, XLK -1.18%, XLC -1.87%.
Options tape
Market-wide net call premium -$391.7M against net put premium $209.8M — a net bearish tilt of $601.5M.
What matters today
- Health Care led at +2.40%.
- Real Estate led at +2.21%.
- GOOGL carried $136.6M of net premium on the put side.
- GOOG carried $121.5M of net premium on the put side.
- Consumer Credit, prior 8300000000.
- U. Michigan Prelim Consumer Survey, prior 46.3.
Options flow
| GOOGL — net premium on the put side | $136.6M |
| GOOG — net premium on the put side | $121.5M |
| AMZN — net premium on the put side | $65.4M |
| LITE — net premium on the put side | $57.8M |
| SNDK — net premium on the put side | $56.1M |
| NVDA — net premium on the put side | $47.3M |
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