Nasdaq-100 stocks lost ~$921B Friday Oct 16; SOX 8th straight down day; NQ -752 pts (~$1,504 per MNQ)

By TradeDesk HQ editorial desk · Oct 17, 2026 · 2:00 AM ET · Original post on X

The short answer

Nasdaq-100 stocks lost ~$921B in market value Friday.

Key figures (as reported)

Chips & storage were 47% of it. The SOX chip index fell an 8th straight day (-15.7% since Oct 6), its first 8-day losing streak since Oct 2008.
NQ futures: -752 pts, ~$1,504 per MNQ contract.

Heatmap of the 40 largest Nasdaq-100 stocks on Fri 16 Oct 2026, sized by market cap: mostly red; NVDA -1.4%, GOOGL -2.5%, AVGO -4.5%, MU -5.6%, AMD -6.0%, AAPL +0.4%. Headline: -$921B in one day; NQ futures -752 points, about -$1,504 per MNQ. Chips & storage = 47% of the drop. Source: Yahoo Finance, Nasdaq.

Sources

nasdaq.com
finance.yahoo.com
finance.yahoo.com

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