As the S&P 500 nears a new record high, there are cracks below the surface

As the S&P 500 nears a new record high, there are cracks below the surface Nasdaq closes at record high, with S&P 500 on the verge, as tech stocks soar As the S&P 500 nears a new record high, there are cracks below the surface About 60% of the stocks in the S&P 500 are down more than 20% from their all-time highs The S&P 500 is less than 1% away from eclipsing its 7,798.99 record high, and the Nasdaq just crossed into record territory. kphoto The S&P 500 was on the verge of following the Nasdaq Composite Index to a fresh record high on Monday, with technology stocks and other artificial-intelligence plays helping lift equities out of a recent funk. was off 0.44% from its record close of 7,798.99, hit on Aug. 13, according to Dow Jones Market Data. This comes after the Nasdaq Copyright ©2026 MarketWatch, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8 Elon Musk, Jensen Huang and Tim Cook are set to dine with Xi this week.

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