Nasdaq and Small Caps Lead Three Day Surge as Crude Slides and Blue Chips Hold Firm

VANCOUVER, BC, Oct. 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Stock Preachers News Commentary - Three sessions into the week, growth and small caps are setting the pace. The Nasdaq Composite jumped 1.04% on the day and is up 2.14% for the week to 26,700.62, while the Russell 2000 added 0.44% to push its weekly gain to 2.36%. The Dow and S&P 500 are contributing too, both up more than 1.2% for the week, as earnings from industrial, healthcare, exchange and homebuilding names give investors fresh data points to sort leaders from laggards. Active Companies from around the markets with current developments this week include: RTX (NYSE: RTX), Abbott (NYSE: ABT), CME Group Inc. (Nasdaq: CME), M/I Homes, Inc. (NYSE: MHO), and Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT).