Stock Signal Lab
Daily market summary by region: Oct 16, 2026
Data as of Oct 16, 2026
Overall verdict: Fair.
Most unusual move of the day: Indonesia −14.9 %.
United States
- S&P 500 −1.1 %
- VIX +3.5 pts (larger than on 95% of sessions in the last 10 years)
- US 10-year yield −0.09 pp (data of Oct 15, 2026; larger than on 92% of sessions in the last 10 years)
- Nasdaq 100 −2.5 % (larger than on 92% of sessions in the last 10 years)
- ▼ Access to credit: from Fair to Poor
- ▼ Investor fear: from Fair to Poor
- United States raised rates by 0.25 pp to 3.88%
Released today: US industrial production 2.2 % (previous: 1.6 %)
Europe
- Euro Stoxx 50 +0.6 %
- Denmark raised rates by 0.25 pp to 2.10%
- Norway raised rates by 0.25 pp to 4.50%
- Euro area raised rates by 0.25 pp to 2.50%
Asia and emerging markets
- Nikkei 225 +1.4 %
- Indonesia −14.9 % (larger than on 99% of sessions in the last 10 years)
- South Korea −3.7 % (larger than on 95% of sessions in the last 10 years)
- Malaysia −1.9 % (larger than on 95% of sessions in the last 10 years)
- Taiwan −2.6 % (larger than on 94% of sessions in the last 10 years)
- Australia raised rates by 0.25 pp to 4.60%
- Brazil cut rates by 0.25 pp to 13.75%
- Hong Kong raised rates by 0.25 pp to 4.25%
- Japan raised rates by 0.25 pp to 1.25%
- New Zealand raised rates by 0.25 pp to 2.75%
- Saudi Arabia raised rates by 0.25 pp to 4.50%
- South Africa raised rates by 0.25 pp to 7.25%
Country funds trade in New York: Asian markets lag one session.
Coming up (Oct 20, 2026): US housing construction.
Descriptive: what moved and how unusual the move was against the last 10 years. It does not explain causes or forecast.