S&P 500 Will Close Higher on October 1

The S&P 500 will finish higher on Thursday, October 1, 2026. That upside will lift index-linked retirement funds and ETFs tied to SPX, echoing the October 1, 2025 session when the S&P rose 0.3% and set a new closing high. Traders and allocators will note that the Dow also climbed 0.1% and the Nasda…