Market Overview for the US Stock Trading Day on January 14, 2026.

Today, the US stock market performed weakly, with all three major indices declining across the board. The S&P 500 fell 37.14 points to 6926.60, a decrease of 0.53%; the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 42.36 points to 49149.63, down 0.09%; the Nasdaq Composite performed the weakest, declining 238.123 points to 23471.749, a drop of 1.00%. The fear index VIXY, on the other hand, rose 2.46% to 26.26, defying the trend.

Tech giants generally came under pressure. Meta experienced the largest decline, down 2.47%, followed by Amazon with a 2.43% drop, Microsoft down 2.40%, Tesla down 1.80%, Apple slightly down 0.40%, and Google essentially flat with a slight decrease of 0.02%.

The Chinese concept stocks sector showed mixed performance. The Nasdaq Golden Dragon China Index slightly declined by 0.23% to 7856.78. Among them, Meituan led the decline with about 4%, Pinduoduo fell 3.9%, but Tencent, Alibaba, and Baidu rose by 1%, 1.9%, and 0.8% respectively, showing some resilience.

Notably, crypto reserve concept stocks defied the trend and remained active, with CleanSpark up over 6%, BMNR up nearly 5%, and Strategy up nearly 4%. Meanwhile, commodities like silver performed strongly, with a single-day increase of over 7%, briefly breaking through $93 during the session, with the gold-silver ratio falling below the 50 mark, reaching a new low since 2012.