Where the S&P 500 stands versus its history
The S&P 500 was 7,690.73 on Oct 19, 2026, in the upper third of its 12 month range. Updated when S&P Dow Jones Indices publishes a new reading.
Snapshot
The S&P 500 was 7,690.73 on Oct 19, 2026, in the upper third of its 12 month range. The highest reading in the data is 7,818.93 on Oct 6, 2026 and the lowest is 2,085.18 on Nov 4, 2016; the data starts on Oct 20, 2016.
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What We Know
- Latest reading: 7,690.73 on Oct 19, 2026.
- Previous reading: 7,659.44 on Oct 16, 2026, so the latest is up 0.4%.
- One week earlier: 7,807.24 on Oct 12, 2026; down 1.5% since.
- One year earlier: 6,664.01 on Oct 17, 2025; up 15.4% since.
- 12 month high: 7,818.93 on Oct 6, 2026. 12 month low: 6,343.72 on Mar 30, 2026.
- 5 year high: 7,818.93 on Oct 6, 2026. 5 year low: 3,577.03 on Oct 12, 2022.
- Highest since: the latest reading is the highest since Oct 15, 2026, the last time the series was at or above this level.
- Lowest since: the latest reading is the lowest since Oct 16, 2026, the last time the series was at or below this level.
- Highest in data back to Oct 20, 2016: 7,818.93 on Oct 6, 2026. Lowest: 2,085.18 on Nov 4, 2016.
Octans View
At 7,690.73, the S&P 500 sits 91% of the way from its 12 month low to its 12 month high. Over the past year it is up 15.4%.
Bear Case · Room for Disagreement
Limits. This page shows daily readings, not intraday levels; a market can trade above or below them during a session. S&P Dow Jones Indices data reach FRED with a lag of one business day, so the latest reading can trail the market. Records refer only to the history this source carries; older data from other sources may show higher or lower levels. Nothing here is a forecast.
Method and source. Octans Research computes every figure on this page from the full published history of Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (FRED) series SP500. "Highest since" is the last earlier date when the series was at or above the latest reading. The page is regenerated by a fixed template when a new reading is published; no model wrote it.
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Sources
- [1]Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (FRED) — S&P 500 index, full daily history (series SP500)
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