Session closedFri Oct 31, 2025, 4:00 pm ET

Stock market close on Friday, October 31, 2025

The S&P 500 rose 0.26% to 6,840.20 on Friday, October 31, 2025. It closed 0.74% below its record of 6,890.89, set on October 28, 2025. The Nasdaq Composite rose 0.61% to 23,724.96, the Dow rose 40.75 points, or 0.09%, to 47,562.87 and the Russell 2000 rose 0.54% to 2,479.38.

S&P 5006,840.20+17.86+0.26%Dow Jones47,562.87+40.75+0.09%Nasdaq Composite23,724.96+143.82+0.61%Russell 20002,479.38+13.43+0.54%

What stands out on Oct 31, 2025

computed from closes since 1995

S&P 500 vs record−0.74%record 6,890.89 on Oct 28, 2025

Small caps vs large+0.28 ptsRussell 2000 +0.54% vs S&P 500 +0.26%

VIX17.44+0.53 on the day

10-year yield4.101%+0.008 pts on the day

The Oct 31, 2025 close in its quarter

before · after

Aug 4 – Dec 2 · daily closes

6,793.856,595.046,396.23what came next →Oct 31 · 6,840.20

The week of Oct 27

S&P 500, day by day

Returns to this close

as of Oct 31, 2025

S&P 500, Dow, Nasdaq Composite and Russell 2000: close and returns as of Oct 31, 2025
Index	Close	Day	Week	Month	Year to date	1 year
S&P 500	6,840.20	+0.26%	+0.71%	+2.27%	+16.30%	+19.89%
Dow Jones	47,562.87	+0.09%	+0.75%	+2.51%	+11.80%	+13.89%
Nasdaq Composite	23,724.96	+0.61%	+2.24%	+4.70%	+22.86%	+31.11%
Russell 2000	2,479.38	+0.54%	−1.36%	+1.76%	+11.17%	+12.87%

After the Oct 31, 2025 close

S&P 500 from 6,840.20

Next session+0.17%6,851.97 on Nov 3, 2025 A week later−1.63%6,728.80 on Nov 7, 2025 A month later−0.16%6,829.37 on Dec 2, 2025 Three months later+1.13%6,917.81 on Feb 3, 2026

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The Oct 31, 2025 close: what people ask

How did the stock market close on October 31, 2025?

On Friday, October 31, 2025, the S&P 500 at 6,840.20 (+0.26%), the Dow Jones Industrial Average at 47,562.87 (+0.09%, +40.75 points), the Nasdaq Composite at 23,724.96 (+0.61%) and the Russell 2000 at 2,479.38 (+0.54%), each from its previous close.

Was October 31, 2025 a record close for the S&P 500?

No. It closed 0.74% below the record of 6,890.89 set on October 28, 2025, one of 36 record closes in 2025 up to that day.

How much was the S&P 500 up for the year on October 31, 2025?

It was up 16.30% from its last close of 2024; the Nasdaq Composite was up 22.86%.

How did the stock market do the week of October 27, 2025?

In the week ending Friday, October 31, 2025, the S&P 500 rose 0.71%, the Nasdaq Composite rose 2.24% and the Dow rose 0.75%, from the previous week's last close.

What were the VIX and the 10-year Treasury yield on October 31, 2025?

On Friday, October 31, 2025, the VIX closed at 17.44 (+0.53) and the 10-year Treasury yield at 4.101% (+0.008 pts).

Source and method

S&P 500 (^GSPC), Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI), Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC), Russell 2000 (^RUT), VIX (^VIX) and 10-year Treasury yield (^TNX) daily closes via Yahoo Finance, from January 1995. Records, streaks, "since" dates and returns are computed by Portfolio Terminal from those closes as of October 31, 2025; a record means the highest close since 1995. The week runs from the previous Friday's close, the month from the previous month's last close, one year from the close 365 days earlier. "After" figures count finished sessions only. Not investment advice.