Stock Market Update Monday September 29, 2025
- AlgoTradeAlert
- Sep 29, 2025
- 3 min read
Stock Market Update Monday September 29, 2025 Equities opened the week on firm footing, with the S&P 500 advancing nearly 0.5% in the first hour of trade before giving back momentum and drifting lower into the close.
Score Board:
SPX +0.3%
NASDAQ 100 (QQQ) +0.4%
Russell 2000 (IWM) flat
Away From Stocks: Treasurys staged a bull-flattening move: the 30-year yield fell roughly 6 basis points to 4.71%, while the 2-year held steady at 3.63%. Commodities were mixed—WTI crude slumped nearly 4% to $63 per barrel, while gold extended its rally, surging almost 2% to $3,829 an ounce. Digital assets regained traction as Bitcoin climbed back above $114,000. Volatility ticked higher, with the VIX reclaiming the 16 handle.
Economic Data Releases — September 30, 2025
9:00 AM — S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller 20-City Home Price Index (MoM, July)Consensus Estimate: -0.2% | Prior: -0.25%→ Analysts anticipate a modest sequential decline in housing prices, signaling continued softness in real estate valuations amid elevated mortgage rates and affordability constraints.
10:00 AM — Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index (September)Consensus Estimate: 96.0 | Prior: 97.4→ Market participants expect sentiment to ease slightly, reflecting consumer caution over inflationary pressures, high borrowing costs, and heightened political uncertainty.
10:00 AM — Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS, August)Consensus Estimate: 7.17 million | Prior: 7.18 million→ Projections suggest labor demand remains relatively stable but off its cyclical highs, reinforcing expectations of a gradually cooling job market.
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