The S&P 500 closed Oct. 12 at 7,807.24, leaving its 2026 price return at 14.05% through that session; the measure tracks index prices and excludes dividends.
The index finished 4.30 points below its Oct. 9 close of 7,811.54. That close-to-close move was a 0.06% decline.
The 2026 comparison uses the 6,845.50 close on Dec. 31, 2025, as its starting point and measures the index’s value through Oct. 12; dividends are excluded. For 2025, the S&P 500 recorded a 16.39% price return and a 17.88% total return, the latter counting reinvested dividends.
The benchmark tracks 500 constituent companies and represents roughly four-fifths of U.S. equity value. The weighting gives greater influence to firms with more market value in publicly traded shares.
