S&P 500

SPXUnited States

7,746.31▲+3.08%over 1 month

Five hundred large companies listed on US exchanges, weighted by free-float market value. The default proxy for US equities.

Price history

Last close 2026-08-11

Return by period

1M▲+3.08%

3M▲+4.49%

6M▲+11.59%

1Y▲+21.54%

5Y▲+73.36%

Risk

Trailing year

Annualised volatility12.9%

Largest drawdown-9.1%

Period high7,757.64

Period low6,343.72

Position in range

Trailing year

99%

of the way from the year’s low to its high.

6,343.727,757.64

Reported context

Written by sonar-pro

Recent reports say the S&P 500 has been setting record closes and ending the week higher, with one report saying it rose 3.58% for the week to 7,757.64 and another noting it closed at a record high after weak jobs data eased expectations of near-term rate rises. Sources also say the index has been moving around its record levels, including a small pullback on Wednesday and a marginally lower finish in one Reuters item linked to weakness in AI-related chip stocks and gains in healthcare shares. Several reports tie the latest move to labour-market data and the view that the Federal Reserve may keep policy on hold for now, while one CNBC quote page lists the S&P 500 as up 1 month by 2.29% at the time it was captured.

Sources

Generated from the figures on this page and published reporting. It describes what has been reported and is not advice, a recommendation, or a forecast. Written 11 Aug, 15:01 UTC.

Reported context

What these figures mean

Written by gpt-5.4-mini

The 21.7% return means the instrument finished the trailing year higher by 21.7% overall. The 12.9% annualised volatility means its price has typically moved around by a moderate amount over the year, while the -9.1% largest peak-to-trough fall means that at one point it dropped 9.1% from a previous high before later recovering. With a period low of 6,343.72 and a period high of 7,757.66, a current price at 100% of the way from the low to the high means it is at the period high rather than near the low.

A plain-English restatement of the calculated figures shown above, with no external information used. Written 11 Aug, 14:42 UTC.

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Figures are calculated from closing prices and exclude dividends, coupons and the cost of rolling futures contracts. Volatility is annualised using 252 trading days. Past movement describes what happened and implies nothing about what happens next.