Stock Market Today: Nasdaq Plunges 2%; Palo Alto Leads Slide In Cybersecurity Space Stock Market Today: Nasdaq Plunges 2%; Palo Alto Leads Slide In Cybersecurity Space · Investor's Business Daily DAVID SAITO-CHUNG and SCOTT LEHTONEN Fri, October 16, 2026 at 4:36 PM EDT 11 min read ^IXIC -2.14% PANW -7.63% ^GSPC -1.09% AAPL +0.43% CAKE -1.43% Explore stocks on Coinbase Trading disclosure Trading disclosure The above button links to Coinbase. Yahoo Finance is not a broker-dealer or investment adviser and does not offer securities or cryptocurrencies for sale or facilitate trading. Coinbase pays us for certain activity generated through this link. Prices displayed are informational.
The Dow Jones index rises Friday while the Nasdaq struggles with tech losses.
