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Last night in the U.S. stock market, the S&P 500 closed flat, edging up 1 point; the Dow rose half a point; and the Nasdaq-100 slipped 0.3%. Within the S&P 500, 328 stocks advanced and 175 declined. Application software surged 6%, while the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index fell as much as 5%, with Nvidia alone dragging the index down 21 points.
Why did the index barely budge while chaos erupted beneath the surface?
Today, let’s review yesterday’s session using a very Apple-esque title: “more is no longer more（多，不再是多）”.
Among the 11 sectors, consumer staples, communication services, and financials closed in the green. Information technology fell about 1%, and the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index dropped roughly 3% on the day (at one point down 5% intraday)—the two of them pinned the broader market to the mat. Meanwhile, the application software sector surged 6% overall, and Workday shot up 9% to top the S&P 500 gainers list (the IGV software ETF gained 3.33%). At the same time, the Russell 2000 small-cap index rose 0.6%. Money didn’t leave; it just jumped from the mega-caps into small- and mid-caps.